downright
adjective
thorough; absolute; out-and-out.
downrightly
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a word derived from
downright.
Example Sentences
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Thus downrightly did Walter Gilbert Campbell of the Department of Agriculture fortify his last week's attack against bad & misleading medical advertisements.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reason for his resignation he had insisted on setting forth downrightly: he was able no longer to affirm absolute belief in some of the main tenets of his church.
From The Brentons by Wilson C. Dexter
She recalled their talk of the sea-gulls, and of the men of the forests, and she remembered the almost brutal contempt for them he had so downrightly expressed.
From The Man in the Twilight by Ridgwell Cullum
I need hardly say," said His Royal Highness, downrightly, "that the King's subjects are not for sale to other governments.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Not that I should blame her for that, if she would be honestly and downrightly in love with him.
From Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
