meaning of own right
1. Straight down; perpendicularly.
2. In plain terms; without ceremony.
3. Without delay; at once; completely.
4. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
5. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
6. 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
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Related Words
downright | downrightness | in her own right | in his own right | in its own right | in ones own right | own right | right-down |
