right-down
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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He must have been a right-down good boy, though he didn't say so of himself, for he worked early and late and brought every penny home to his mother.
From Miss Mouse and Her Boys by Mrs. Molesworth
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
And her own house is just right-down slatternly, and her children are coming up any how.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
It was a right-down pleasing and sturdy implement, recalling in good steel the vernacular quarter-staff of old.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Yes, I am right-down smitten with you, but I don’t think I like anything else.
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
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