Downright /(?)/
Down·right
Downright
adv.
- Straight down; perpendicularly.
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In plain terms; without ceremony.
We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.
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Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.]
She fell downright into a fit.
Downright
a.
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Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
A man of plain, downright character.
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Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
The downright impossibilities charged upon it.
Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.