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outright
[ adjective out-rahyt; adverb out-rahyt, -rahyt ]
adjective
- complete or total:
an outright loss.
- downright or unqualified:
an outright refusal.
- without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications:
an outright sale of the car.
- Archaic. directed straight out or on.
adverb
- completely; entirely.
Synonyms: thoroughly, altogether, utterly, downright
- without restraint, reserve, or concealment; openly:
Tell me outright what's bothering you.
- at once; instantly:
to be killed outright.
- without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications:
to own the house outright.
- Archaic. straight out or ahead; directly onward.
outright
adjective
- without qualifications or limitations
outright ownership
- complete; total
an outright lie
- straightforward; direct
an outright manner
adverb
- without restrictions
buy outright
- without reservation or concealment
ask outright
- instantly
he was killed outright
- obsolete.straight ahead or out
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Example Sentences
Occasionally, guys and girls admitted outright they were looking for a potential significant other.
We must not interpret gains as an outright victory—nothing could be more dangerous.
Fiquet has been largely overlooked, if not outright disdained, by critics and art historians.
Fully 88 percent of us either identify outright or lean to a party, 47 percent Democrat and 41 percent Republican.
Inhofe is not just a climate-change denier; he is a warrior for corporate-funded half-truths and outright lies.
Accordingly, as soon as they saw our Priests they refused outright to let the ship sail if the Jesuits were to embark in it.
Gwynne laughed outright, and for the first time without resentment; he was tired of having California "rammed down his throat."
Margaret laughed outright and her laughter was so inoffensive and so musical that the Chief Inspector laughed also.
Are you going to throw off the mask outright, and become a bad husband as well as a neglectful one?
You may go hence if your courage fails you outright; but I'll throw up the bridge and entrench myself within these walls.
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