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downright
adjective as in thorough, absolute
Example Sentences
She’s not wrong; indeed, the show’s flaunting of consumerist excess is downright timely.
Yet how the Jets pointed themselves in that direction was downright stunning.
Being a starting pitcher and a leadoff hitter in the same game after an 18-inning battle was revealed to be downright impossible.
Simultaneous meetings of three of the top four are even more unusual, and it’s downright rare for all four banks’ meetings to overlap.
It’s an interesting dichotomy, though: I hate a bland, under-salted butter moment, but an overly salty one can be downright inedible.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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