Adjective
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complete and without restriction or qualification
sometimes used informally as intensifiers
"absolute freedom"
"an absolute dimwit"
"a downright lie"
"out-and-out mayhem"
"an out-and-out lie"
"a rank outsider"
"many right-down vices"
"got the job through sheer persistence"
"sheer stupidity"
- out and out - right down -
characterized by plain blunt honesty
"a downright answer"
"a downright kind of person"
Adverb
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thoroughgoing
"he is outright dishonest"