outright

About 3.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb Wholly; completely; entirely.

   I refute those allegations outright.

2. adverb Openly and without reservation; unreservedly.

   I have just responded outright to that question.

3. adverb At once.

   Two people died outright and one more later.

4. adverb With no outstanding conditions.

   I have bought the house outright.

5. adverb Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.

   That was an outright stupid thing to say.

6. adjective Unqualified and unreserved.

   I demand an outright apology.

7. adjective Total or complete.

   We achieved outright domination.

8. adjective Having no outstanding conditions.

   I made an outright purchase of the house.

Similar words

straight-out instantly instantaneously unlimited unqualified in a flash altogether wholly completely out-and-out

Often followed by

and to rejection or purchase by that hostility the

Word family

outrightly