单词 | downright |
释义 | downrightadv.adj.n. A. adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adverb] downrightsa1170 downrightc1225 adownrightsc1275 righta1325 plumbc1425 perpendiculara1527 perpendicularly1555 endlong1600 plumb-wise1613 vertically1646 up and down1669 plumbly1931 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 28 Þet milde meiden Margarte grap þet grisliche þing..& hef him up & duste him dunriht to þer eorðe. c1261 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1165) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Chertsey Abbey (2015) 108 Fram þe rude dunrigte bi one weie an westhalf Poddenhale to Winebrigth almest. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12783 Þe drake..flah dun-rihte [c1300 Otho dun riht] mid feond-liche ræsen. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 488 Hewe him [sc. þe elde tre] to þe grounde doun riȝt. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 21 (MED) He fel downe ryȝt Into hel sodenly. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 535 (MED) The dike withouten be ix foote brode, and vii deep dounright. ?a1534 H. Medwall Nature i. sig. aiv Some shote sydelong and some down ryght. 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Cedentes cepilli, heares hanging down ryght. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 467 Otherwhiles they meet with rocks of flint and rags, as wel in vndermining forward, as in sinking pits downeright. 1674 J. Ray Notes Husb. 129 That part of the root, which descends down-right. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 264 He..Shot to the black abyss, and plung'd down-right. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 554 Several..were seen to sink downright, by some people who were on the cliffs. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake 75 Than sousit dounright like the stern-shot light. 2. Completely, entirely; positively, absolutely, utterly. Now chiefly modifying adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3041 Þa Densce men dunrih[t] at-soken þat heo to Brut-londe nolden maren senden gold. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cv. 18 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 240 Þe lowe it swath sinful dounrighte. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 389 Theyle mock vs now dounright . View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 562 Unless you were down-right mad. 1709 A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire vi. 43 They have convenient Time and Opportunity to Carouse at Pleasure, till becoming downright Drunk. 1788 E. Inchbald Such Things Are iv. i. 47 If my friend had not given me the hint, damn me if I shou'd not think her down right angry. 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad v. 66 I was downright scared. 1867 Q. Rev. Jan. 223 Josh never laughs downright. There may be a knowing light in the eye, an oafish pucker at the corners of the mouth, otherwise he is prim as a Puritan. 1895 I. Maclaren Beside Bonnie Brier Bush vi. ii. 214 It's doonricht aggravatin' that ye're no content pesterin oor lif oot wi' that English body in the kirkyaird. 1914 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 17 Sept. 16/4 We do not know just what it is, but whatever it is we are downright against it. 1980 Times 14 June 13/2 I have known chess-masters..who were or are downright stupid. 2014 D. Collins Russian's Acquisition xiv. 173 If Alesksy's work ethic had suffered when Clair was waiting at the penthouse for him, it downright evaporated when she wasn't there at all. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely bedenec1175 all outc1300 downrightc1330 downrightsc1330 at alla1375 whole together1551 in all sorts1559 right out1578 clear1600 neck and heels1647 to rights1663 head over ears1774 neck and crop1791 fair and square1870 in total1965 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 884 For douke morgan sake Mani on dyd doun riȝt. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 191 God gaf þe dome..Þat Adam & Eue..Shulde deye doune riȝte. a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 498 Scottes þat day wer slayn down right the s[u]bstaunce of þame all. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. biiijv Goddis worde..slewe the masse downe right Of so auncient continuaunce. 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens ii. f. 67v As they..striued, who might first get a boorde they were killed downe right at the pleasure and full desire of their Enemies. 1676 E. Worsley Disc. Miracles Rom. Catholick Church iii. 59 One cart Wheel passed over the Childs very head..and downright killed him, in so much that he neither groaned, or ever made noyse. 1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. 121 Kill'd four downright, and wounded several. 1829 C. MacFarlane Constantinople in 1828 xviii. 273 The candidate must die downright on the field of battle—his soul must issue forth as the blood flows from his wounds—if he survive some days, or even hours, and then die of his wounds, the bright palm is his no longer. 1880 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/2 An examination of the dining hall after the explosion made it apparent that the Czar and probably the members of the Imperial family would have been seriously injured, if not killed downright. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. l. 1523 This noble Mark..cam to the feeld doun riht. 1576 J. Woolton Armoure of Proufe Ep. Ded. sig. Aiiv Troublous motions, and flitting mindes, whiche..driueth him downeright into dreadfull desperation. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica 54 The soul that I..Must now pursue and fall upon down-right. 1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata xix. 117 If they fled downright, without taking notice of their Camp, either their speed carried them away, or they saved their lives. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iii. 14 This Paper put Mrs. Bull in such a Passion, that she fell downright into a Fit. 5. With reference to speech and behaviour: in a direct and straightforward manner; clearly; bluntly; outright. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] utterly?c1225 entirelya1340 faithlyc1350 without (but) feigningc1380 clearly1389 whollyc1390 unfeigninglyc1400 entirec1430 unfeigneda1469 without coloura1513 honestly1526 singly1526 unfeignedly1526 uncolourably1541 bona fide1542 frankly?1553 sincerely1560 squarely1564 uprightly1565 square1577 single-mindedly1579 undissemblinglyc1585 above board1599 fair and square1604 downright1607 downrightly1632 really1641 uncasuistly1649 honest1654 up tro1654 plain-heartedly1675 unaffectedly1677 straightforwardly1839 wholeheartedly1845 unfallaciously1852 up and down1854 single-heartedly1857 unflatteringly1874 uncynically1895 square on1963 1607 R. Abbot 2nd Pt. Def. Reformed Catholicke ix. 1194 Thomas like a plaine meaning man speaketh downe-right, albeit otherwise he be as full of distinctions as any other. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 26 You haue heard him sweare downright he was. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Collier Pulpit-guard Routed Ep. to Rdr. sig. A2v I have therefore dealt the more plain, and downright, yet still in truth and love. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. 131 St. Peter..uses a plain literal style, and discourses down-right concerning the natural world. 1701 tr. A. Dacier Wks. Plato Abridg'd II. Intrd. sig. Aa2v He speaks downright of his Innocence, and does not stoop to the cowardly base methods of begging Votes. 1781 J. Wesley Let. 4 Aug. (1931) VII. 78 When any young gentleman came to me at Oxford, I told him plain and downright, ‘Sir, I cannot undertake to make you either a scholar or a Christian unless you will promise me..to read those books which I advise.’ 1865 F. Marryat Too Good for Him II. 78 Mr. Halkett..told him downright that he had assisted at many weddings. 1899 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl. 24 Jan. 6/4 Men whom the police had found buying tickets, and who were always supposedly honorable men, swore downright in court that they knew nothing about the game. 1918 Youth's Compan. 7 Nov. 592/4 She said downright that wasn't a motto she believed in. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child iii. 34 I never mills any ken of yours! I'll cap downright I never did, nor I never will! B. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] plumb rightc1445 perpendiculara1450 plumba1500 downright1530 straight-upc1590 vertic1607 up and downc1710 vertical1725 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/1 Downeright stroke, taille. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 135 Rockes of a down right pitche, or a steepe down falle. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xiv. 566 This Hawkweede hath no deepe downeright roote. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. iii. 96 Haue at you Peter with down-right blowes. 1626 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 225 To iump from downe-right cliffes. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 71 He gave him again a down-right blow, and brought him upon his knees. View more context for this quotation 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 299 Its motion was..quite downright, i.e. perpendicular to the horizon. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 313 At length, whether weary of these manœuvres..Bonthron heaved up his axe for a downright blow. 1871 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 637/1 [He] dealt him a downright blow on the pot-helmet with his sheathed weapon. 1900 H. Blore Imperial Light Horseman vii. 116 The hill we had reached was crowned with thick bush, and sank gradually before us till it ended in a downright cliff. 2. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Autopyron Browne breade: householde breade: downe right breade. 1693 H. Higden Wary Widdow 7 Finding none prefer'd at Court, but for some by Interest, or Downright money, I was condemn'd to take the Luckier side. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 266. ⁋3 [She] is not to have down-right Money, but..a Present of Plate. 1894 Proc. Ann. Meeting Nat. Civil-service Reform League 19 The banknotes, to be sure, were downright money; but are not consulships money's worth to members of Congress? b. That is thoroughly or entirely (what is denoted by the noun); outright, absolute, unmitigated, utter.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute shirea1225 purec1300 properc1380 plainc1395 cleana1400 fine?a1400 entirec1400 veryc1400 starka1425 utterc1430 utterlyc1440 merec1443 absolute1531 outright1532 cleara1535 bloodyc1540 unproachable1544 flat1553 downright1577 sheer1583 right-down?1586 single1590 peremptory1601 perfecta1616 downa1625 implicit1625 every way1628 blank1637 out-and-outa1642 errant1644 inaccessional1651 thorough-paced1651 even down1654 dead1660 double-dyed1667 through stitch1681 through-stitched1682 total1702 thoroughgoing1719 thorough-sped1730 regular1740 plumb1748 hollow1751 unextenuated1765 unmitigated1783 stick, stock, stone dead1796 positive1802 rank1809 heart-whole1823 skire1825 solid1830 fair1835 teetotal1840 bodacious1845 raw1856 literal1857 resounding1873 roaring1884 all out1893 fucking1893 pink1896 twenty-four carat1900 grand slam1915 stone1928 diabolical1933 fricking1937 righteous1940 fecking1952 raving1954 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. i. sig. Bb.ii The man that is prodigall.., is for the most parte desirous of other mennes goods, from whence arise..downright deceipte, shamelesse shiftes, murders, and seditions. a1628 J. Preston Serm. before His Majestie (1630) 19 To be a downe-right Papist. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 267 This is no better than down-right Non-sense. 1739 ‘J. Philander’ Vitulus Aureus 152 He that thinks to gain her Love by a Rude and Tyrannical Behaviour, is a downright fool. 1792 World 5 Nov. As to the pretended sumptuosity of the table..it is a downright falsehood. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes II. xi. 99 Ye're a' gait at ance, Annie Anderson. A doonricht rintheroot! 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 344 He is a downright atheist. 1967 Times 24 June 11/5 Here in Guyana, the term ‘a nancy story’ is common everyday parlance for a far-fetched yarn or even a downright lie. 1973 P. White Eye of Storm i. 64 ‘You're so unfair!’ A whinge developed through a moan into a downright blub. 2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust ix. 246 That's another downright lie, the cocksucker! c. Of a person, or his or her behaviour or manner: straightforward, uncomplicated, honest, plain-speaking. Of speech: clear, unambiguous; direct, blunt.In quot. 1584 in the title of a song tune. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1584 C. Robinson et al. Handefull Pleasant Delites (new ed.) sig. A.iiii L. Gibsons Tantara, wherin Danea welcommeth home her Lord Diophon from the war. To the tune of, Down right Squire. 1599 G. Silver Paradoxes Def. 24 Surely, I thinke a downe right fellow, that neuer came in schoole..shold put one of these imperfect schollers greatly to his shifts. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 370 They say this Angelo was not made of Man and Woman, after this downe-right way of Creation. View more context for this quotation a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta v. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmm3/2 Your downe right Captain still Ile live, and serve you. a1626 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers in Wks. (1861) XIII. 26 An admonition from a dead author, or a caveat from an impartial pen, will prevail more than a downright advice. 1719 R. Savage Love in Veil i. i. 7 What we call in downright English a pimp. 1733 A. Pope 1st Satire 2nd Bk. Horace Imitated i. 9 I love to pour out all myself, as plain As downright Shippen, or as old Montagne. 1923 L. Untermeyer Amer. Poetry Since 1900 i. 24 Frost's humor is often declared and downright. It gives ‘The Mountain’ and ‘The Generations of Men’ their ironic pungence. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey xi. 364 That this paragraph will annoy the typical citizen of Hull, who prides himself upon being a plain and downright fellow, I have no doubt. 1992 F. Burroughs River Home vi. 201 She was a tall, big-boned, and downright woman, somewhere in her seventies, I judged, with a bright eye and a quick, soft laugh. 1. A vertical line; a perpendicular. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > vertical line or plane upright1563 perpendicular1604 downright1674 erect1676 the vertical1834 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 153 Brought by a sharp angle to a downright or perpendicular..with the thiller. 2. Chiefly in plural. A particular grade of wool. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > other cot1471 wool1608 Lemster ore1610 belta1641 vigone1656 downright1749 stitchel1775 super1797 Saxony1842 lustre1894 snow-white1896 sixties- 1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep 382 There are nine Sorts of Wool contained in one good Fleece, which to make out, they say, that there are five Sorts for making Cloth, and four for Combings; a superfine Wool, a head Wool, Downrights, Seconds, and Livery. 1793 N. Vansittart Refl. Propriety Peace 73 Downrights £12 0 0 per pack, Seconds £11 0 0. 1853 Friend 24 Dec. 115/1 The sorter..separates the wool into the following kinds: ‘prime’, ‘choice’, ‘super’, ‘head’, ‘downrights’, ‘seconds’, ‘fine abb’, ‘coarse abb’, ‘livery’, &c. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 656/2 In the worsted trade the classification [of wool] goes..in descending series, from fine, blue, neat, brown, breech, downright, seconds, to abb. 1921 Wool Rec. 27 Oct. 1115/1 Downrights was the term applied by the wool sorter to the material coming from the lower parts of the sides of a fleece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.adj.n.c1225 |
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