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downright

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Adverb

  1. Completely, wholly.
  2. Of acts or speech: directly and unambiguously; clearly, plainly.
  3. Straight down; perpendicularly.
  4. Immediately at that place and time; without delay; altogether, at once, then and there.

Adjective

  1. Absolute, complete.
  2. Of a person or their behaviour: direct, plain, straightforward; also, of speech: direct and unambiguous; blunt, to the point.
  3. Coming straight down; directed vertically.
  4. Chiefly in downright money: in its most basic form; ordinary.

Noun

  1. A low grade of wool from the lower parts of the sides of a fleece.
  2. A vertical line; a perpendicular, a vertical.

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