单词 | outright |
释义 | outright (once / 1015 pages) 1advadj 2adv If you do something outright, you do it in a wholehearted, unrestricted way. If you declare outright that you’re never eating another cupcake, that’s the end of that. If you eat one anyway, you told an outright lie. If an event is cancelled outright, there's no question about it being rescheduled, and if you buy a new car outright, you pay for it all at once, instead of making monthly payments. Outright means direct and immediate — whether it's an adverb or an adjective: "The child's outright refusal to put on his shoes exasperated his babysitter." It can also mean “right away.” If you step on a slug, you’ll probably kill it outright. Ew. WORD FAMILYoutright: outrightly USAGE EXAMPLESSuddenly, that £5 cappuccino on Oxford Street is no longer cause for outright alarm. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Their research found that people doing the misleading think paltering is better than committing an outright lie. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) This serves as a cautionary tale for medical professionals, journalists, and laypeople alike to resist clinical indictments based on hearsay, if not outright imagination. The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adv without reservation or concealment she asked him outright for a divorce 2adv without restrictions or stipulations or further payments buy outright 3adj without reservation or exception 2Syn straight-out, unlimited unqualified not limited or restricted adv without any delay he was killed outright Syn in a flash, instantaneously, instantly |
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