- without reservation; downright
- straightforward; direct
- complete; total; whole
- entirely; wholly
- without reservation; openly
- at once; not by degrees
- Obs. straight ahead
adjective
- The definition of outright is complete or straightforward.
An example of outright is one parent having total custody of their children.
- Outright is defined as entirely or openly.
An example of outright is holding the title to your car.
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outright
adverb
- Without reservation or qualification; openly: finally responded outright to the question.
- Completely and entirely; wholly: denied the charges outright.
- At once; straightway: were killed outright in the crash.
- Without additional payments owing, constraints, or stipulations: owns the property outright.
adjective
- Presented without reservation; unqualified: an outright gift.
- a. Complete; total: outright victory.b. Thoroughgoing; out-and-out: outright viciousness; an outright coward.
- Made without constraints, stipulations, or additional payments owed: outright sale of the property.
Related Forms:
- out′right′ly
adverb
- out′right′ness
noun
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Adverb
(not comparable)
- Wholly, completely and entirely.
- I refute those allegations outright.
- Openly and without reservation.
- I have just responded outright to that question.
- At once.
- Two people died outright and one more later.
- With no outstanding conditions.
- I have bought the house outright.
- (informal) Blatantly; inexcusably.
- That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Adjective
(not comparable)
- Unqualified and unreserved.
- I demand an outright apology.
- Total or complete.
- We achieved outright domination.
- Having no outstanding conditions.
- I made an outright purchase of the house.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present outrights, present participle outrighting, simple past and past participle outrighted)
- (sports) To release a player outright, without conditions.
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Sentence Examples
- I really don't want to lie outright to the police.
- Evelyn's giggle turned into outright laughter.
- He'd never outright told her it grossed him out, but she suspected it did.
- He'd outright asked her to.
- Spiders, caterpillars and grasshoppers are, he said, stung in their chief nerve-centres, in consequence of which the victims are not killed outright, but rendered motionless and continue to live in this paralysed condition for several weeks, being thus available as food for the larvae when these are hatched.
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