Down"right` (?), adv. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly.

2. In plain terms; without ceremony.

We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.

3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.]

She fell downright into a fit.

Down"right`, a. 1. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.

A man of plain, downright character.

2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.

The downright impossibilities charged upon it.

Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.

-- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.

• (colloquial) really, actually, quite
       *He wasn't just cool to me -- he was downright rude.