downrightly
- 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
Yes, I do," said Peter, downrightly; "and don't you try to come it over us that you don't like it, too.
From The Railway Children by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
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 Cullum, Ridgwell
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 Dexter, Wilson C.
I resolved never directly and downrightly to ask her, because I know she can refuse me nothing; and that would be bearing hard upon the goodness of her will.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
