outright
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English outright, equivalent to out + right.
Pronunciation Adverboutright (not comparable)
- Wholly; completely; entirely.
- Synonyms: downright#Adverb, Thesaurus:completely
- I refute those allegations outright.
- Openly and without reservation.
- I have just responded outright to that question.
- At once.
- Two people died outright and one more later.
- With no outstanding conditions.
- I have bought the house outright.
- (informal) Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.
- That was an outright stupid thing to say.
- See also Thesaurus:completely
- French: complètement, totalement
- German: gänzlich, ganz und gar, vollständig, komplett, total, rundweg
- Italian: completamente
- Portuguese: completamente
- Russian: целиком
- Spanish: por completo, de plano
- French: ouvertement
- German: geradeheraus, ohne Umschweife, klar, freiheraus
- Italian: apertamente
- Portuguese: abertamente
- Russian: открыто
- Spanish: abiertamente
- French: immédiatement, sur le coup, sur-le-champ
- German: gleich, sofort, auf der Stelle
- Italian: immediatamente
- Russian: сразу
- Spanish: inmediatamente
- French: directement
- German: ganz, als Ganzes
- French: carrément
- German: völlig, schreiend
- Italian: irrecusabilmente, innegabilmente, certamente, inequivocabilmente, indubbiamente, chiaramente, senza dubbio
- Portuguese: indiscutivelmente, claramente, inegavelmente, sem dúvida
- Russian: откровенно
- Spanish: rotundamente, indiscutiblemente
outright (not comparable)
- Unqualified and unreserved.
- I demand an outright apology.
- Total or complete.
- We achieved outright domination.
- Truths, half truths and outright lies.
- With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
- He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
- Having no outstanding conditions.
- I made an outright purchase of the house.
- They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
- See also Thesaurus:total
- German: klar, eindeutig, uneingeschränkt
- Italian: pubblica, pubblico
- Spanish: con todas las letras
- German: uneingeschränkt, vorbehaltlos, bedingungslos
outright (outrights, present participle outrighting; simple past and past participle outrighted)
- (sports) To release a player outright, without conditions.
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