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Downright
Pronunciation : Down"right`
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : 1. Straight down; perpendicularly.
2. In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, id I longer stay. Shak.
3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.] She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Down"right`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott.
2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott. -- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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