Definition of Downright

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Downright

Straight down; perpendicularly.

In plain terms; without ceremony.

Without delay; at once; completely.

Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.

Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.

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Downright Quotations

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
John Adams

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry

America is just downright mean.
Michelle Obama

TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
Tom Petty

I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.
Tom Petty

So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda.
Randall Terry

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people.
Mike Davidson

Downright Translations

downright in German is absolut, rechts unten
downright in Swedish is fullkomligt

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