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Adverb: downright  'dawn,rIt
  1. Thoroughgoing
    "he is downright dishonest";
    - outright
Adjective: downright  'dawn,rIt
  1. Characterized by plain blunt honesty
    "a downright answer"; "a downright kind of person"
     
  2. Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as an intensifier
    "a downright lie";
    - absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer, down-the-line [informal]

See also: complete, honest, honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn]