Adjective
- 1. downright, honest (vs. dishonest), honorable
- usage: characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
- 2. absolute, downright, out-and-out(prenominal), rank(prenominal), right-down, sheer(prenominal), complete (vs. incomplete)
- usage: 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"
Adverb
- 1. downright
- usage: thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
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