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downright

/ˈdaʊnɹaɪt/ adverb C1
  1. Completely, wholly. (figuratively) · He wasn’t just cool to me, he was downright rude.
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“Upon my word,” said Caderousse, from whose mind the friendly treatment of Dantès, united with the effect of the excellent wine he had partaken of, had effaced every feeling of envy or jealousy at Dantès’ good fortune,—“upon my word, Dantès is a downright good fellow, and when I see him sitting there beside his pretty wife that is so soon to be.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 29 · C1
“A real downright snorter, Mr.
The Valley of Fear, p. 33 · C1
“Why, of downright starvation.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 290 · C1
I told Sir Henry how the matter stood, and he at once, in his downright fashion, had Barrymore up and asked him whether he had received the telegram himself.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 99 · C1

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