downright
adjective
thorough; absolute; out-and-out.
downrightness
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a word derived from
downright.
Example Sentences
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He admired her uprightness of character, and downrightness of speech; her shrewd common sense, combined with unpretending simplicity; her indomitable strength of purpose, tempered by broad good nature.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
At first, her vivacity, decisive tone, downrightness, and contempt of conventional standards, continued to repel.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Margaret Fuller
The opinion, too, which he thus expressed was shared by some of Fitzjames's friends, who thought that his masculine force of mind and downrightness of character would have qualified him to lead a party effectively.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
“How are you?” said Halliday, with all his own downrightness.
From The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed
The best of these came gladly to her, for she was an open and a disillusioned spirit, with something of a man's downrightness under her sensitive appreciation.
From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather
