adv. | 1. | Straight down; perpendicularly. |
2. | In plain terms; without ceremony. | |
3. | Without delay; at once; completely. | |
a. | 1. | Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; |
2. | Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; |
Adj. | 1. | downright - characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person" |
2. | downright - complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity" | |
Adv. | 1. | downright - thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest" |