DOWNRIGHT


Meaning of DOWNRIGHT in English

adj.

Function: 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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.