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out-rightness

[adj. out-rahyt; adv. out-rahyt, -rahyt] Origin

out·right

[adj. out-rahyt; adv. out-rahyt, -rahyt]
adjective
1.
complete or total: an outright loss.
2.
downright or unqualified: an outright refusal.
3.
without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications: an outright sale of the car.
4.
Archaic. directed straight out or on.
adverb
5.
completely; entirely.
6.
without restraint, reserve, or concealment; openly: Tell me outright what's bothering you.
7.
at once; instantly: to be killed outright.
8.
without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications: to own the house outright.
9.
Archaic. straight out or ahead; directly onward.

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Out-rightness is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see out, right

out·right·ness, noun


5. downright, utterly, altogether, thoroughly.

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outright
c.1300, of direction, "straight ahead," from out + right (adj. (1)). Meaning "all at once" is attested from c.1600.
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