outright
Origin of outright
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wholesale, unmitigated, unequivocal, pure, utter, downright, absolute, all, arrant, consummate, definite, direct, entire, flat, gross, out-and-out, perfect, positive, straightforward, thoroughExamples from the Web for outright
Contemporary Examples of outright
We must not interpret gains as an outright victory—nothing could be more dangerous.
Fiquet has been largely overlooked, if not outright disdained, by critics and art historians.
Inhofe is not just a climate-change denier; he is a warrior for corporate-funded half-truths and outright lies.
But the fun of reading Lennon is in his outright refusal to conform to expectations.
For years, young voters in America have been unenthusiastic about, if not outright hostile toward, the GOP.
New Harvard Study Finds the Door to Millennial Vote Is Open to GOPKristen Soltis Anderson
October 30, 2014
Historical Examples of outright
Why don't you say outright that you want me to marry Mabel Lanfarne?
The Eldest Son (Second Series Plays)John Galsworthy
That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
I refused him outright, and of course, he couldn't believe it.
We're Friends, NowHenry Hasse
No wild hope of love would prevent him, now, from killing me outright.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
You do that because you daren't say outright you mean to have everything your own way.
Red, White, Blue Socks. Part SecondSarah L. Barrow