2 entries under this word
(-rĭt), adv. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly. 2. In plain terms; without ceremony or circumlocution; absolutely. We shall chide downright if I longer stay. Shak. 3. Without delay; immediately; completely; at once. [Obs.] She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot.
a. 1. Plain; artless; unceremonious; blunt;— used of persons; as, he spoke in his downright way. “A man of plain, downright character.” W. Scott. 2. Plain; open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed;— used of things; as, downright atheism. “The downright impossibilities charged upon it.” South. “Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.” Prescott.