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downright adj.:
1. directed straight downwards, vertical 2H6 II. iii. 93 “a downright blow,” 3H6 I. i. 12.
2. direct, straightforward, plain, definite Meas. III. ii. 115, H5 V. ii. 150 “ oaths,” Oth. I. iii. 251.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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