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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
outright \out"right'\, adverb
1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.
2. Completely; utterly. --Cardinal Manning.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
outright \out"right'\ adjective Downright; plain; unqualified; utter; straight-out; as, an outright lie.
Syn: flat-out, out-and-out. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
outright
adjective: without reservation or exception [syn: {straight-out}, {unlimited}]
adverb
1: without restrictions or stipulations or further payments; "buy outright"
2: without reservation or concealment; "she asked him outright for a divorce"
3: without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn: {instantaneously}, {instantly}, {in a flash}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "outright": absolute, absolutely, admitting no exception, all, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, altogether, arrant, at once, bald, baldly, born, broad-based, candidly, categorical, categorically, classical, clean, clear, complete, completely, comprehensive, comprehensively, conclusive, congenital, consummate, consummately, crass, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, determinate, direct, directly, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, entire, entirely, exactly, exhaustive, exhaustively, explicit, explicitly, express, final, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, free, freely, full, fully, glaring, global, globally, gross, hundred per cent, immediately, implicit, in full, in full measure, in toto, inappealable, inclusively, indisputable, inside out, instantaneously, instantly, integrally, intensive, intolerable, largely, omnibus, omnipresent, on the spot, one and all, openly, out-and-out, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, plain, plainly, plumb, positive, precious, precisely, profound, pronounced, proper, pure, purely, quite, radical, rank, regular, right away, right off, round, roundly, shattering, sheer, shocking, stark, stark-staring, starkly, straight, straight-out, straightforwardly, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, thoroughly, through-and-through, to the hilt, total, totally, tout a fait, ubiquitous, unambiguously, unbearable, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditionally, unconditioned, unconscionable, undeniable, undisguised, undoubting, unequivocal, unequivocally, unhampered, unhesitating, universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unreservedly, unrestricted, unspoiled, unwaivable, utter, utterly, veritable, whole, wholesale, wholly, with abandon, without exception, without reserve, without restraint, without stint
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