right-down
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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It's right-down mean to back out at the last minute when the party's all made up and the couples all arranged and you've given your word.
From The Governess by Charles R. Chickering
“This is what I call a right-down regular Harmattan,” said the master, who, like me, had been before in that delectable clime.
From Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars by T. Robertson
Still I daresay it'd be a bit drearier in the country of a right-down wet day like this, even than in town.
From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Mrs. Molesworth
A disturbing thought made Tubbs inquire anxiously: “This here chanct your speakin’ of—it ain’t work, is it?—real right-down work?”
From 'Me--Smith' by Gayle Porter Hoskins
If there's one thing I cannot stand it is to hear people talk right-down silly; I never could stand it, and I never shall.
From A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh
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