downright
Example Sentences
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He’d also made a tricky situation downright fraught when he told reporters: “I presumed to come into this team competition with only 50% of my full potential.”
I sat down on the front step, feeling downright sorry for myself.
From Literature
The episode was worse because again and again, Reform has had to boot out some recently elected councillors for unsavoury or downright offensive views they have expressed.
From BBC
The nonprofit Fairyland is downright quaint in comparison — tickets are under $20, with steeper discounts for Oakland residents.
From Los Angeles Times
Put it all together, and the modern Dodgers have found a way to make the Evil Empire Yankees look downright destitute.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
