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out·right

(out

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) KEY

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:
(out

)

Presented without reservation; unqualified: an outright gift.
1. Complete; total: outright victory.
2. Thoroughgoing; out-and-out: outright viciousness; an outright coward.
Made without constraints, stipulations, or additional payments owed: outright sale of the property.
Archaic Moving straight onward.

OTHER FORMS:
outrightly(Adverb), outrightness(Noun)

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