I. -ˌrīt adverb
Date: 13th century
1. archaic : straight down
2. : absolutely 1
downright handsome
downright mean
3. obsolete : forthright
II. adjective
Date: 1530
1. archaic : directed vertically downward
2. : outright , thorough
a downright lie
3. : plain , blunt
stories he had heard of her downright tongue — Angus Wilson
• down·right·ly adverb
• down·right·ness noun