downright

Example Sentences

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The orchestra is huge, the musical invention, irresistible, and the sheer scale of orchestral writing is downright heroic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Some tolerate it; some fatalistically accept its coming; others downright detest it and those who use it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"I've gotten used to it, but before, at the beginning, it was downright stressful."

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

So if you — like many in the financial media — are worried about private credit, you should be downright frightened by private equity.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

She might not understand that it was not at all like being downright disobedient.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder