Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Downright

Thoroughly, as “downright honest,” “downright mad”; outspoken; utter, as a “downright shame.” The word means from top to bottom, throughout.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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