Downright — Defs

01 adv. Straight down; perpendicularly.

1.
Straight down; perpendicularly.
2.
In plain terms; without ceremony.
“We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.” — Shak.
3.
Without delay; at once; completely.[Obs.]
“She fell downright into a fit.” — Arbuthnot.

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

1.
Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
“A man of plain, downright character.” — Sir W. Scott.
2.
Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
“The downright impossibilities charged upon it.” — South.

“Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.” — Prescott.

Syn. honest-to-goodness.