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out⋅right

  [adj. out-rahyt; adv. out-rahyt, -rahyt]
Use outright in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see out, right

Related forms:
outrightness, noun

Synonyms:
5. downright, utterly, altogether, thoroughly.
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out·right   (out'rīt', -rīt')   
adv.  
  1. Without reservation or qualification; openly: finally responded outright to the question.
  2. Completely and entirely; wholly: denied the charges outright.
  3. At once; straightway: were killed outright in the crash.
  4. Without additional payments owing, constraints, or stipulations: owns the property outright.
adj.   (out'rīt')
  1. Presented without reservation; unqualified: an outright gift.
    1. Complete; total: outright victory.
    2. Thoroughgoing; out-and-out: outright viciousness; an outright coward.
  3. Made without constraints, stipulations, or additional payments owed: outright sale of the property.
  4. Archaic Moving straight onward.
out'right'ly adv., out'right'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Outright

Out"right`\, adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.

2. Completely; utterly. --Cardinal Manning.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : outright
Spanish: francamente,
German: vorbehaltlos,
Japanese: きっぱりと
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outright 
c.1300, of direction, "straight ahead," from out + right (q.v.). Meaning "all at once" is attested from 1603.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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