right-down
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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You have shown yourself a right-down sharp fellow on board this ship, and I expect you will make your way whatever you try a hand at.
From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by Paget, H. M. (Henry Marriott)
"A regular right-down bad'un, Work'us," replied Noah, coolly.
From Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Dickens, Charles
Susan's simple right-down mind stopped for a moment with something very like a sob, baffled by the contradictions of the situation.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
We are going to have a right-down jolly time, for father is so tickled with the notion that he is coming, too; and he says he will give us a real good lark.
From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.
He was a right-down high-minded gentleman, though not so clever as my lady, perhaps.
From Nurse Heatherdale's Story by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)
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