downright

Adjective

• complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
  • absolute freedom
    
  • an absolute dimwit
    
  • a downright lie
    
  • out-and-out mayhem
    
  • an out-and-out lie
    
  • a rank outsider
    
  • many right-down vices
    
  • got the job through sheer persistence
    
  • sheer stupidity
    

• characterized by plain blunt honesty
  • a downright answer
    
  • a downright kind of person
    

Adverb

• thoroughgoing
  • he is outright dishonest
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  absolute , out-and-out(a) , rank(a) , right-down , sheer(a)