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# downright

adjective and adverb (downright; downright, downrightly)

«downright» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Downright means complete or total, used to strengthen a word, often a bad one: a downright lie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downright/#m1)
2. Downright as an adverb means completely or thoroughly: downright cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downright/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, downright is used to stress how true or plain something is, often with a feeling of strong surprise or blame.

### Examples

- That is downright rude of you! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downright/#x1)
- It was downright cold in the cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downright/#x2)
- He was a downright liar, and everyone knew it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downright/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «downright» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downright/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«downright» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/downright.html) on Mova free.