Definitions for outright

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outright out·right

Spelling: [adjective out-rahyt; adverb out- Outright is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in outright (ghiorttu).

Definitions for outright

adverb

1. completely; entirely.
2. without restraint, reserve, or concealment; openly:
3. at once; instantly:
4. without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications:
5. Archaic. straight out or ahead; directly onward.

adjective

1. complete or total:
2. downright or unqualified:
3. without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications:
4. Archaic. directed straight out or on.

Origin of outright

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at out, right

Examples for outright

But the fun of reading Lennon is in his outright refusal to conform to expectations.

That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.

Why don't you say outright that you want me to marry Mabel Lanfarne?

Inhofe is not just a climate-change denier; he is a warrior for corporate-funded half-truths and outright lies.

We must not interpret gains as an outright victory—nothing could be more dangerous.

You do that because you daren't say outright you mean to have everything your own way.

For years, young voters in America have been unenthusiastic about, if not outright hostile toward, the GOP.

No wild hope of love would prevent him, now, from killing me outright.

Fiquet has been largely overlooked, if not outright disdained, by critics and art historians.

I refused him outright, and of course, he couldn't believe it.