thoroughgoing; he is outright dishonest'

characterized by plain blunt honesty; a downright answer; a downright kind of person'

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 stupidity

[ Syn: absolute , out-and-out , rank , right-down , sheer ]