outright
part of speech
adjective (outright); adverb (outright)
meaning for a pupil
1) Complete and total, with no doubt: «an outright winner», «an outright lie». tree →
2) (adverb) Openly and directly: «She told him outright». tree →
3) (adverb) Completely, at once: «He was killed outright»; «They bought the house outright» (paid all of it at once). tree →
sense in the lessons
In sport an outright winner wins clearly; in money talk to buy something outright means to pay the full price at once, with no loan. In stories it tells the reader something is plain and total. Phrases: «laugh outright», «refuse outright», «win outright».
examples
- She was the outright winner of the race. tree →
- That's an outright lie! tree →
- He refused outright to eat the sprouts. tree →
- Alice laughed outright at the Gryphon. tree →
- (money) They paid for the car outright. tree →
- Ask her outright if she took it. tree →
- The team won the cup outright. tree →
- Everybody expected to see the boy killed outright. tree →
note
Stress: OUT-right (adjective), out-RIGHT (adverb) is also heard. In maths «outright» can mean the full price paid in one go.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «outright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.