| 释义 |
downˈrightly, adv. rare.
[f. downright a. + -ly2.]
In a downright manner; directly; thoroughly: = downright adv.
1642Digby Observ. Sir T. Browne's Relig. Med. (1659) 21 Averring down-rightly, That God cannot doe contradictory things. 1679Kid in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 7 Prelacy..is destructive down-rightly to the Sworn Covenants. 1882Society 7 Oct. 16/1 Persistently overbearing, if not..downrightly insolent. 1947Dylan Thomas Let. 5 June (1966) 310 And everybody downrightly refused to believe that that was the amount you got. |