Definition of OUTRIGHT

outright

Adjective Satellite

  • without reservation or exception

Adverb

  • without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
    • "buy outright"
  • without reservation or concealment
    • "she asked him outright for a divorce"
  • without any delay
    • "he was killed outright"

Adv

  • Wholly; completely; entirely.
  • Openly and without reservation.
  • At once.
  • With no outstanding conditions.
  • Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.

Adj

  • Unqualified and unreserved.
  • Total or complete.
  • Having no outstanding conditions.

Verb

  • To release a player outright, without conditions.

Adjective

  • Complete and total; without reservation or hesitation.

Examples

  • Declaring an OUTRIGHT win, he showcased his final, unchallengeable Scrabble word.
  • He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
  • I demand an outright apology.
  • I have bought the house outright.
  • I have just responded outright to that question.
  • I made an outright purchase of the house.
  • I refute those allegations outright.
  • That was an outright stupid thing to say.
  • They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
  • Truths, half truths and outright lies.
  • Two people died outright and one more later.
  • We achieved outright domination.
  • With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English outright, equivalent to out + right.

Synonyms

in a flash, instantaneously, instantly, straight-out, unlimited, absolutely, all the way, all-out, altogether, and barrel, and sinker, at large, at length, cap-a-pie, categorically, completely, detailly, downright, downright#Adverb, entirely, exhaustively, finally, first and last, flat out, flat-out, from A to Z, from aardvark to zymurgy, from head to toe, from soup to nuts, from stem to stern, from the rooter to the tooter, from top to bottom, from top to toe, fully, head to foot, head to tail, head to toe, heartily, hook, in detail, in full, line, lock, one hundred percent, out and out, out-and-out, outright, particularly, perfectly, plumb, purely, quite, right, root and branch, soundly, soup-to-nuts, stock, through and through, to the bone, to the core, to the full, top to tail, top to toe, totally, totes, utterly, well and truly, whole, whole cloth, wholly

Scrabble Score: 12

outright: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
outright: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
outright: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

outright: valid Words With Friends Word