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downright

adjective adverb

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
D
Ends with
T
Contains
OW
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈdaʊnˌɹaɪt

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

    “absolute freedom”

adjective

  1. characterized by plain blunt honesty

    “a downright answer”

adverb

  1. thoroughgoing

    “he is outright dishonest”

In context

Example Sentences

absolute freedom
an absolute dimwit
a downright lie
out-and-out mayhem
an out-and-out lie
a downright answer
a downright kind of person
he is outright dishonest

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