downright meaning and definition

DOWNRIGHT adjective

Definition of downright (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer

DOWNRIGHT adverb

Definition of downright (adverb)

1. thoroughgoing
   • "he is outright dishonest"