downright

adj.

1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie.
2. Forthright; candid.

adv.

Thoroughly; absolutely.

adjective

1. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer², thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter². Informal flat-out, positive. Chiefly British blooming. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.
2. Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, direct, forthright, frank, honest, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See clear/unclear, show/hide.

adj

Definition: complete
Antonyms: anything but, partial

adj

Definition: frank
Antonyms: devious

adv

Definition: thoroughly
Antonyms: not at all, slightly

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: characterized by plain blunt honesty

Meaning #2: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
  Synonyms: absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer

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The adverb downright has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (intensifier) thoroughgoing

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - direkte, kontant, komplet
adv. - fuldstændigt, aldeles

Nederlands (Dutch)
volkomen

Français (French)
adj. - franc, direct, catégorique, effronté (un mensonge)
adv. - carrément, franchement, catégoriquement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - geradezu, ausgesprochen
adj. - glatt, vollkommen, ausgesprochen, ehrlich, offen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - εντελώς, ολωσδιόλου, πέρα για πέρα

Italiano (Italian)
completamente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - propriamente

Русский (Russian)
явно, совершенно

Español (Spanish)
adj. - absoluto, completo, rotundo, categórico
adv. - completamente, rotundamente, categóricamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - riktigt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
明白的, 显明的, 率直的, 全然, 完全, 彻底

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 明白的, 顯明的, 率直的
adv. - 全然, 完全, 徹底

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 직설적인, (악행 등) 완전한, 곧은
adv. - 노골적으로, 아주, 완벽하게

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全くの, 率直な
adv. - 全く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بصراحه, بكل معنى الكلمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוחלט, ישר לעניין, ברור, גלוי לב‬
adv. - ‮לגמרי, מובהק, באופן מאונך, בפירוש‬

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