downright

DOWNRIGHT, adv.

1. Right down; straight down; perpendicularly.

A giant cleft downright.

2. In plain terms; without ceremony or circumlocution.

We shall chide downright.

3. Completely; without stopping short; as, she fell downright into a fit.

DOWNRIGHT, a.

1. Directly to the point; plain; open; artless; undisguised; as downright madness; downright nonsense; downright wisdom; downright falsehood; downright atheism.

2. Plain; artless; unceremonious; blunt; as, he spoke in his downright way.