downright
adjective
thorough; absolute; out-and-out.
downrightness
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a word derived from
downright.
Example Sentences
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John Bull's downrightness appears in his jests also.
From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead
Game, with his usual downrightness, opened the ball.
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
The harnessed knights, the ancient keeps, the true-heartedness, honesty, and downrightness, but especially the independence of the acting characters, were received with the greatest approbation.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The simple downrightness of the admission might have disconcerted another.
From The Man in the Twilight by Ridgwell Cullum
But in secret she admired her daughter's candour, her downrightness and straightforwardness, her disdain of conventions and hypocrisies.
From The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
