downright

Example Sentences

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From this era on, any form of public dissent was not just discouraged but downright illegal.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

So if you — like many in the financial media — are worried about private credit, you should be downright frightened by private equity.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

But lately its stock market returns have been downright weak.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

"Otis Amber is a stupid man, if not downright mad."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin