downrightnessn.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnrʌɪtnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌraɪtnᵻs/,

/ˌdaʊnˈraɪtnᵻs/

Forms: see downright adv., adj., and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downright adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < downright adj. + -ness suffix. N.E.D. (1897) gives the pronunciation as (dɑunrəi·tnės) /daʊnˈraɪtnɪs/.

The quality of being downright; directness, straightforwardness of speech or behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness

plainness1465

plain dealinga1529

freeness1548

roundness1557

ingenuity1614

apertness1618

downrightness1628

unconspiringness1661

frankness1668

even downa1679

undisguise1804

forthcomingness1808

undisguisedness1814

overtness1865

forthrightness1873

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxvi. sig. G4^v Hee is generally honest..and his downe rightnesse credits him.

1693 S. R. tr. A. Baillet Life M. Des Cartes vi. 174 Many did not stick to..disapprove that blunt disobliging downrightness of the latter.

1711 Tell-tale 27 Robin Rough, such was his Nomme de Guerre, which from the honest Down-rightness of his Temper, he still kept ev'n after his Accession to a fair Estate.

1770 J. Andrews Acct. Char. & Manners French II. lxiii. 242 The English..avow with Candour and Downrightness what passes in their Minds relative to this Point.

1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring ii, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 28 They have..so much self-will, and mercantile downrightness in their manners.

1845 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 717/1 [To] expose their error with all the downrightness that is necessary.

1912 Times 25 Sept. 8/1 His speeches..were characterised by a kind of downrightness and by an appearance of hard logic and common sense.

1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) xiii. 137 ‘That's what's wrong with nine-tenths of the people you meet,’ asserted Tom, with the downrightness of youth.

2010 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 23 Mar. b4/5 Cronkite's famous downrightness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downrightness
释义	downrightnessn. Brit. /ˈdaʊnrʌɪtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌraɪtnᵻs/, /ˌdaʊnˈraɪtnᵻs/ Forms: see downright adv., adj., and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downright adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < downright adj. + -ness suffix. N.E.D. (1897) gives the pronunciation as (dɑunrəi·tnės) /daʊnˈraɪtnɪs/. The quality of being downright; directness, straightforwardness of speech or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness plainness1465 plain dealinga1529 freeness1548 roundness1557 ingenuity1614 apertness1618 downrightness1628 unconspiringness1661 frankness1668 even downa1679 undisguise1804 forthcomingness1808 undisguisedness1814 overtness1865 forthrightness1873 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxvi. sig. G4^v Hee is generally honest..and his downe rightnesse credits him. 1693 S. R. tr. A. Baillet Life M. Des Cartes vi. 174 Many did not stick to..disapprove that blunt disobliging downrightness of the latter. 1711 Tell-tale 27 Robin Rough, such was his Nomme de Guerre, which from the honest Down-rightness of his Temper, he still kept ev'n after his Accession to a fair Estate. 1770 J. Andrews Acct. Char. & Manners French II. lxiii. 242 The English..avow with Candour and Downrightness what passes in their Minds relative to this Point. 1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring ii, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 28 They have..so much self-will, and mercantile downrightness in their manners. 1845 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 717/1 [To] expose their error with all the downrightness that is necessary. 1912 Times 25 Sept. 8/1 His speeches..were characterised by a kind of downrightness and by an appearance of hard logic and common sense. 1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) xiii. 137 ‘That's what's wrong with nine-tenths of the people you meet,’ asserted Tom, with the downrightness of youth. 2010 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 23 Mar. b4/5 Cronkite's famous downrightness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628
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