adjective, adverb
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 complete and total:
an outright ban / rejection / victory * She was the outright winner. * No one party is expected to gain an outright majority.
2 open and direct:
There was outright opposition to the plan.
Part of speech: adverb
1 in a direct way and without trying to hide anything:
Why don't you ask him outright if it's true? * She couldn't help herself and she laughed outright.
2 clearly and completely:
Neither candidate won outright. * The group rejects outright any negotiations with the government.
3 not gradually; immediately:
Most of the crash victims were killed outright. * We had saved enough money to buy the house outright.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for outright is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is outright a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, outright is tagged as adverb.
Does outright appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — outright appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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