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(), adv. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly. 2. In plain terms; without ceremony. We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. Shak. 3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.] She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot. Down"right° a. 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. スポンサード リンク
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