Noah Webster
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.