downright
Example Sentences
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Yet consumers are downright gloomy about their finances nowadays, for one key reason: Most can’t afford to buy a home.
From MarketWatch
In a time where every “smart” device is marketed with dizzying arrays of features, that simplicity can feel downright revolutionary.
From Los Angeles Times
Now that looks downright quaint, as premium partners are raking in as much as Clark—and far more in some cases.
Online, true crime fanatics have parsed through information about the case — filling in the limited details with rumor, innuendo and sometimes downright conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times
Not only aren’t people in a celebratory mood about the markets, they are downright sour on the future.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
