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were downright
adjective
Directed vertically; coming straight down.
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They were downright giddy.
Others were downright greedy.
And some were downright hostile.
Some responses were downright frivolous.
Some were downright hostile, especially in the US.
Some of the clothes were beautiful; some were downright peculiar.
Some teachers, however, were downright vitriolic and condescending.
The camera was even more damaging than his words, and those were downright nutty.
"They were downright crude," a girl in a wig and dark glasses told us on "Donahue".
Over all, most of the samples were disappointing, and some were downright odd.
But if the Heat lacked focus, the Knicks were downright blurry.
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