Sentence examples for not downright from inspiring English sources

The ski shelves turned out fine, if not downright cool.

The titles tend toward exotic if not downright flashy.

Families, when not downright incestuous, are fraught with turmoil.

The pairings were eccentric, if not downright arbitrary.

Understandably, some feel cynical if not downright paranoid.

The manner is imperious if not downright arrogant.

Or the result could be confusion, if not downright annoyance.

It's a deeply emotional, if not downright neurotic, process.

It sounds faintly heretical, if not downright facetious.

I find that argument quite disingenuous if not downright dishonest.

But Finchem and his country may well be left disappointed, if not downright perplexed.