Words similar to downright

Example sentences for: downright

How can you use “downright” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

So far as I know, students of so-called “racquet games” are not required to submit to examinations that might test whether or not they know what they are talking about; but I have a feeling the idea might be useful, for there is an incredible amount of misunderstanding and downright ignorance of which name refers to which sport.
Some of the explanations are downright silly:
But sector investing also tends to reward a successful corporation's competitors for that corporation's success, and in that sense seems not merely counterintuitive but downright perverse.
Only too often the pitfalls awaiting the unsuspecting on the language frontiers are downright scatological.
They fell into three main categories: words for fools, idlers, and wastrels; for people with other undesirable or downright anti-social attributes; and for those with some physical disability.