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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
outright en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈaʊtɹaɪt/
- outʹrīt
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Unqualified and unreserved.
I demand an outright apology.
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(not-comparable) Total or complete.
Truths, half truths and outright lies.
We achieved outright domination.
He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
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(not-comparable) Having no outstanding conditions.
I made an outright purchase of the house.
They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Synonyms
point-blank
Translations (28)
cmn 全部的 (total or complete) · fi selvä (total or complete) · fi selvä (having no outstanding conditions) · de uneingeschränkt (having no outstanding conditions) · de vorbehaltlos (having no outstanding conditions) · de uneingeschränkt (unqualified and unreserved) · de bedingungslos (having no outstanding conditions) · it pubblico (unqualified and unreserved) · fr totale (total or complete) · bg категоричен (unqualified and unreserved) · pl kategoryczny (unqualified and unreserved) · bg безусловен (having no outstanding conditions) · bg безрезервен (unqualified and unreserved) · de blank (total or complete) · es pleno (total or complete) · de glatt (total or complete) · nl eenduidig (unqualified and unreserved) · bg пълен (total or complete) · de klar (unqualified and unreserved) · pl całkowity (total or complete) · bg съвършен (total or complete) · es con todas las letras (unqualified and unreserved) · fr total (total or complete) · pl bezwarunkowy (having no outstanding conditions) · de völlig (total or complete) · de komplett (total or complete) · it pubblica (unqualified and unreserved) · de eindeutig (unqualified and unreserved)
outright en · ADV
Pronunciation
- out-rītʹ
- (Southern-England) audio
- /aʊtˈɹaɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Wholly; completely; entirely.
I refute those allegations outright.
Special facilities frequently are provided to enable visiting photographers to get the best results, whereas in the past cameras were sometimes banned outright.
1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 269:
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(not-comparable) Openly and without reservation; unreservedly.
I have just responded outright to that question.
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(not-comparable) At once.
Two people died outright and one more later.
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(not-comparable) With no outstanding conditions.
I have bought the house outright.
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(informal, not-comparable) Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.
That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Synonyms
altogether · top to tail · whole · root and branch · line · stone-cold · totally · first and last · from soup to nuts · particularly · stark · utterly · and barrel · categorically · through and through · flat out · head to toe · stock · all-out · out-and-out · cold · perfectly · from head to toe · downright · in full · finally · properly · from top to bottom · point-blank · head to tail · purely · straight up · in detail · quite · detailly · fully · to the full · blind · entirely · downright · top to toe · at length · plumb · completely · all the way · heartily · whole cloth · out and out · exhaustively · from stem to stern · handsomely · to the core · soundly · outright · flat-out · from top to toe · and sinker · at large · from aardvark to zymurgy · one hundred percent · well and truly · lock · wholly · to the bone · hook · head to foot · from the rooter to the tooter · right · cap-a-pie · totes · absolutely · tout à fait · from A to Z · soup-to-nuts
Translations (99)
it completamente (wholly) · pt abertamente (openly) · pt completamente (wholly) · ru откровенно (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · cmn 公开地 (openly) · bg прямо (openly) · es plenamente (wholly) · de als Ganzes (with no outstanding conditions) · pl bezwarunkowo (with no outstanding conditions) · bg пълно (wholly) · fi ehdottomasti (with no outstanding conditions) · es indiscutiblemente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · de total (wholly) · fr directement (with no outstanding conditions) · fr sur le coup (at once) · it innegabilmente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi kokonaan (wholly) · pt sem dúvida (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi heti (at once) · it immediatamente (at once) · de völlig (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi avoimesti (openly) · sh odjednom (at once) · ro sincer (openly) · da fuldstændigt (wholly) · pl natychmiast (at once) · sv helt och hållet (wholly) · gl completamente (wholly) · pt inegavelmente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · it certamente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi suoraan (openly) · de rundweg (wholly) · it apertamente (openly) · sh imedijantno (at once) · sv fullständigt (wholly) · fr sur-le-champ (at once) · pl całkowicie (wholly) · de ohne Umschweife (openly) · fr totalement (wholly) · fr ouvertement (openly) · de sofort (at once) · es abiertamente (openly) · de ganz (with no outstanding conditions) · ca immediatament (at once) · es rotundamente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · ru сразу (at once) · bg безусловно (with no outstanding conditions) · de gänzlich (wholly) · ca directament (with no outstanding conditions) · de gleich (at once) · ro desăvârșit (wholly) · fr complètement (wholly) · ro complet (wholly) · pl otwarcie (openly) · hu nyíltan (openly) · da helt og holdent (wholly) · it chiaramente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · pl wprost (openly) · ja きっぱり (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi välittömästi (at once) · de klar (openly) · es por completo (wholly) · ru полностью (wholly) · hu egyenesen (openly) · eo tute (wholly) · pl otwarcie (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · de geradeheraus (openly) · ru немедленно (at once) · pt claramente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi täysin (wholly) · bg незабавно (at once) · ru целиком (wholly) · de schreiend (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · de ganz und gar (wholly) · it indubbiamente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · sh kompletno (wholly) · sh potpuno (wholly) · es de plano (wholly) · ru откровенно (openly) · cmn 立刻 (at once) · fr carrément (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · pt indiscutivelmente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · es inmediatamente (at once) · ca francament (openly) · it inequivocabilmente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · fi kokonaisuudessaan (wholly) · hu rögtön (at once) · ro deschis (openly) · cmn 完全地 (wholly) · ru открыто (openly) · de auf der Stelle (at once) · fr immédiatement (at once) · it senza dubbio (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · de komplett (wholly) · de vollständig (wholly) · ca completament (wholly) · ja 明白 (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · it irrecusabilmente (blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously) · de freiheraus (openly)
outright en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈaʊtɹaɪt/
- outʹrīt
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.
Meanings
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To release a player outright, without conditions.
Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday.
2007 August 30, Ben Shpigel, “Martínez to Audition for Mets’ Brain Trust”, in New York Times:
Forms
Deriveds
outrightly · outrightness
Translations (4)
fi päästää (to release a player outright) · pl zwalniać zawodnika bezwarunkowo (to release a player outright) · fi vapauttaa (to release a player outright) · pl zwolnić zawodnika bezwarunkowo (to release a player outright)