downright

«downright» in Mova's school dictionary: complete or total, used to strengthen a word, often a bad… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective and adverb (downright; downright, downrightly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Downright means complete or total, used to strengthen a word, often a bad one: a downright lie. tree →

2) Downright as an adverb means completely or thoroughly: downright cold. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, downright is used to stress how true or plain something is, often with a feeling of strong surprise or blame.

examples

• That is downright rude of you! tree →
• It was downright cold in the cave. tree →
• He was a downright liar, and everyone knew it. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «downright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.