right-down

right-down
adjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
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absolute freedom

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an absolute dimwit

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a downright lie

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out-and-out mayhem

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an out-and-out lie

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a rank outsider

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many right-down vices

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got the job through sheer persistence

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sheer stupidity

Syn: ↑absolute, ↑downright, ↑out-and-out, ↑rank, ↑sheer
Similar to: ↑complete
Derivationally related forms: ↑absoluteness (for: ↑absolute)
adverb
positively
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"a regular right-down bad 'un"—Charles Dickens


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