right-down
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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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.
"A regular right-down bad'un, Work'us," replied Noah, coolly.
From Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Dickens, Charles
For his part, he believed it was nothing more or less than temper—plain, right-down temper!
From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
An out-and-out tempest, a thorough right-down drenching rain, would have been in agreeable contrast with the previous hot, dusty, sunny weather; but this—it seemed absolutely intolerable!
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 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 Meade, L. T.
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