downright

Example Sentences

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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 The Wall Street Journal

But decades on from that firestorm, parts of the scandal seem downright quaint.

From The Wall Street Journal

He seemed to take a more severe view of the financial consequences, writing that the credit-card business could become downright unprofitable if these changes were to get enacted.

From MarketWatch

When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.

From The Wall Street Journal