Crossword clues for downrightness
downrightness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Downright \Down"right`\, a.
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Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.
A man of plain, downright character.
--Sir W. Scott. -
Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.
Syn: honest-to-goodness. [1913 Webster]
The downright impossibilities charged upon it.
--South.Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.
--Prescott. -- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
WordNet
n. the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness" [syn: straightforwardness]
Usage examples of "downrightness".
The society was very simple compared with the complex condition of ours, and yet it had more striking contrasts, and was a singular mixture of downrightness and artificiality.