- Downrightly
- Downright Down"right`, a.
1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive;
as, he spoke in his downright way.
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A man of plain, downright character. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
Syn: honest-to-goodness. [1913 Webster]
The downright impossibilities charged upon it. --South. [1913 Webster]
Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. --Prescott. -- {Down"right`ly}, adv. -- {Down"right`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
