Sekirov Dictionary

downright

/ˈdaʊnɹaɪt/

adjective4

  1. Absolute, complete.
  2. Of a person or their behaviour: direct, plain, straightforward; also, of speech: direct and unambiguous; blunt, to the point.
  3. (no longer used) Coming straight down; directed vertically.
  4. (figurative, no longer used) Chiefly in downright money: in its most basic form; ordinary.

adverb4

  1. (figurative) Completely, wholly.
  2. (figurative, no longer used) Of acts or speech: directly and unambiguously; clearly, plainly.
  3. (no longer used) Straight down; perpendicularly.
    • Cedentes capilli, heares [hairs] hanging down ryght. — 1542
  4. (figurative, no longer used) Immediately at that place and time; without delay; altogether, at once, then and there.

noun2

  1. (no longer used, rare) A vertical line; a perpendicular, a vertical.
  2. [in the plural] (no longer used) A low grade of wool from the lower parts of the sides of a fleece.
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