Downright - Definition

adv 1: thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
adj 1: characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright
answer"; "a downright kind of person"
2: 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" [syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out(a),
rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]