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Downright


DOWNRIGHT, adverb

1. Right down; straight down; perpendicularly.

A giant cleft downright

2. In plain terms; without ceremony or circumlocution.

We shall chide downright

3. Completely; without stopping short; as, she fell downright into a fit.

DOWNRIGHT, adjective

1. Directly to the point; plain; open; artless; undisguised; as downright madness; downright nonsense; downright wisdom; downright falsehood; downright atheism.

2. Plain; artless; unceremonious; blunt; as, he spoke in his downright way.