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Downright Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Downright has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Adjective
1

characterized by plain blunt honesty

"a downright answer"

"a downright kind of person"

2

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

Directed vertically; coming straight down.

"The rain was pouring downright from the sky, soaking through my umbrella in seconds."

Adverb
1

thoroughgoing

"he is outright dishonest"

2

Really; actually; quite

"The traffic was downright unbearable during the holiday rush."

Example Sentences
"a downright answer" adjective
"a downright kind of person" adjective
"absolute freedom" adjective
"an absolute dimwit" adjective
"a downright lie" adjective
"out-and-out mayhem" adjective
"an out-and-out lie" adjective
"a rank outsider" adjective
"many right-down vices" adjective
"got the job through sheer persistence" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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