1.
You use ~ to describe behaviour and actions that are open and direct, rather than indirect.
Kawaguchi finally resorted to an ~ lie.
...~ condemnation.
ADJ: ADJ n
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Outright is also an adverb.
Why are you so mysterious? Why don’t you tell me ~?...
ADV: ADV after v
2.
Outright means complete and total.
She had failed to win an ~ victory...
The response of the audience varied from ~ rejection to warm hospitality.
= absolute
ADJ: ADJ n
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Outright is also an adverb.
The peace plan wasn’t rejected ~.
ADV: ADV after v
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If someone is killed ~, they die immediately, for example in an accident.
My driver was killed ~.
PHRASE: V inflects