Antonyms for outright

Grammar : Adj

Spell : adjective out-rahyt; adverb out-rahyt, -rahyt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈaʊtˌraɪt; adverb ˈaʊtˈraɪt, -ˌraɪt

Definition of outright

Origin : c.1300, "completely, entirely; openly, directly; at once, without hesitation," from out (adv.) + right (adj.1)). Meaning "all at once" is attested from c.1600. As an adjective, "direct, downright," from 1530s.

adj complete, unconditional

Example sentences :

Why don't you say outright that you want me to marry Mabel Lanfarne?
Extract from : « The Eldest Son (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

I refused him outright, and of course, he couldn't believe it.
Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse

No wild hope of love would prevent him, now, from killing me outright.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

You do that because you daren't say outright you mean to have everything your own way.
Extract from : « Red, White, Blue Socks. Part Second » by Sarah L. Barrow

Had he killed Barney Mallan outright, it would have been the same.
Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White

I say outright whatever I think, whether it sets well or not.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

Tatsu would have defied him, outright, but Um's words remained with him.
Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa

I could have been happy had the paper said outright, “Tim is the son of Terence Gorman.”
Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed

But to Gordon's trained eyes, there was plenty of outright rottenness, too.
Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey

Synonyms for outright

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