right-down
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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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
"Amachoor detective or not," he apostrophized the absent gentleman, "an' queer in the top story though 'e may be, that's what I calls a right-down Lunnon gentleman!"
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
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 Molesworth, Mrs.
I'm right-down sorry about it, but I don't rightly know who to blame.
From Great Uncle Hoot-Toot by Molesworth, Mrs.
No. I've got real right-down fond of Uncle David.
From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela
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