Definition of downright

• thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"
• characterized by plain blunt honesty; "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
• complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"