Definitions for downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪtdown·right

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1. downrightadjective

   characterized by plain blunt honesty

   "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"

2. absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)adverb

   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"

3. downrightadverb

   thoroughgoing

   "he is outright dishonest"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. downrightadverb

   Really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly.

   He wasn't just cool to me, he was downright rude.

2. downrightadjective

   Directed vertically; coming straight down.

3. downrightadjective

   Directly to the point; plain; unambiguous; unevasive.

4. downrightadjective

   Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.

5. downrightadjective

   Complete; absolute; utter.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Downrightadverb

   straight down; perpendicularly

2. Downrightadverb

   in plain terms; without ceremony

3. Downrightadverb

   without delay; at once; completely

4. Downrightadjective

   plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way

5. Downrightadjective

   open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism

How to pronounce downright?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of downright in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of downright in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of downright in a Sentence

1. John Liu:

   It's hard not to notice the number of people texting while walking, and downright alarming to see people continuing their texting while crossing the street, we want New Yorkers to know it's OK to wait the 5 seconds.

2. John Adams:

   All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.

3. Dan Bishop:

   These crazy liberal clowns... Theyre not funny, theyre downright scary.

4. John Adams:

   Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. When the people give way, their deceivers, betrayers, and destroyers press upon them so fast, that there is no resisting afterwards. The nature of the encroachment upon the American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer, it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited, and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, and every day increases the circles of their dependents and expectants, until virtue, integrity, public spirit, simplicity, and frugality, become the objects of ridicule and scorn, and vanity, luxury, foppery, selfishness, meanness, and downright venality swallow up the whole society.

5. Senate Democratic leader:

   At such a crucial time, giving a platform to conspiracy theorists to spread myths and falsehoods about coronavirus vaccines is downright dangerous and one of the last things Senate Republicans should be doing right now.

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