downright
Example Sentences
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Concours d’Lemons celebrates something very different: the odd, forgotten and sometimes downright terrible cars that rarely make it onto a concours lawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Whatever predictions Báez had once made about career trajectory were quickly looking overly ambitious at best and downright ridiculous at worst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the eyes of many people, vultures are downright ugly.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Celebrating the Declaration of Independence under these circumstances is downright phantasmagoric.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
“I’ve lived a long time, Little Pumpkin. I honor and revere ngangas. I believe they can tell us what our ancestors want, but a few—a very few—are dishonest. Now and then one is downright wicked.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
