Downright is an English word with synonyms like honest or honorable. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Downright in a sentence
Downright meaning
- Completely, wholly.
- Of acts or speech: directly and unambiguously; clearly, plainly.
- Straight down; perpendicularly.
Using Downright
- The main meaning on this page is: Completely, wholly. | Of acts or speech: directly and unambiguously; clearly, plainly. | Straight down; perpendicularly.
- Useful related words include: honest, honorable, absolute, out-and-out.
- In the example corpus, downright often appears in combinations such as: and downright, is downright, are downright.
Context around Downright
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Downright
- In this selection, "downright" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seemed, seem, sometimes, evil, awful and bad stand out and add context to how "downright" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and sometimes downright bad tempered and are some downright awful jobs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "downright" sits close to words such as annoyed, canton and chiang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with downright
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But, the Celtics were downright awful. (6 words)
But, on Wednesday night, those words seemed downright foreign to Northwestern administration. (12 words)
An opportunity to see human interest stories, varying from heartbreaking to downright ridiculous. (13 words)
But by the close of the first set, Djokovic was downright Djokovic-esque, as he was while taking 12 of the last 13 points of the match, most accompanied by spectators’ thunderous chants of his two-syllable nickname, “No-le! (40 words)
Elsewhere, the empoweringly bittersweet "Call Out the Dark" opens the show; the downright abrasive "My Allied Ocean" highlights the group's most ferocious side; and "King of Errors" balances its metal and symphonic elements perfectly. (35 words)
Both halves of this duology weave themes of sacrifice, loyalty, love, and duty together, topped with a pair of deliciously slow-burn romances that are downright magical to watch unfold. (30 words)
How much strife and downright evil might be prevented with just that acknowledgment? (13 words)
But by the close of the first set, Djokovic was downright Djokovic-esque, as he was while taking 12 of the last 13 points of the match, most accompanied by spectators’ thunderous chants of his two-syllable nickname, “No-le! (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to a review from the era, the Previa handled twisty back roads and the highway equally well and it was downright easy and comfortable to drive.
And, with N’awlins being a city built on a combination of nostalgia, quirk and downright eccentricity (along with some really great eats) the name stuck.
An opportunity to see human interest stories, varying from heartbreaking to downright ridiculous.
Because of this, the young adults become increasingly odd, violent, and downright unhinged.
Both halves of this duology weave themes of sacrifice, loyalty, love, and duty together, topped with a pair of deliciously slow-burn romances that are downright magical to watch unfold.
But by the close of the first set, Djokovic was downright Djokovic-esque, as he was while taking 12 of the last 13 points of the match, most accompanied by spectators’ thunderous chants of his two-syllable nickname, “No-le!
But flippantly referring to the transgender community as “genital mutilators” or “chemical castrators” is downright evil.
But, on Wednesday night, those words seemed downright foreign to Northwestern administration.
But people seem downright giddy to wait up to two hours for a table, even on a weeknight.
But, the Celtics were downright awful.
Certain games are downright unplayable on Steam Deck due to anti-cheat software, while others are yet to be optimised.
Dating is downright spooky business, so any opportunity to laugh at the whole process of "finding the one" is more than welcome.
Elsewhere, the empoweringly bittersweet "Call Out the Dark" opens the show; the downright abrasive "My Allied Ocean" highlights the group's most ferocious side; and "King of Errors" balances its metal and symphonic elements perfectly.
Even players with the highest standards would be very hard-pressed to find a downright bad game in 's catalog, but some are better than others.
Granted it was gritty, and sometimes downright bad-tempered, but this was a statement victory capable of giving Mikel Arteta sleepless nights.
However, initially unbeknownst to the women, he’s also manipulative, mischievous, arrogant and downright devilish.
How much strife and downright evil might be prevented with just that acknowledgment?
In a world filled with monsters, disease and lawless streets, there are some downright awful jobs to have in The Witcher universe.
In fact, doing so could be downright ill-advised, according to the assessment of House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto.
In their model, these few agents pay a huge fees and the vast majority of agents get little value if not downright disadvantage by these competitors.
Common combinations with downright
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and downright 27×
- is downright 19×
- are downright 15×
- was downright 12×
- be downright 10×
- or downright 10×
- to downright 8×
- downright bad 7×
- not downright 7×
- downright terrifying 7×