Outright
[aʊt'raɪt] or ['aʊtraɪt]
Definition
(adj.) without reservation or exception .
(adv.) without reservation or concealment; 'she asked him outright for a divorce'.
(adv.) without restrictions or stipulations or further payments; 'buy outright'.
Edited by Lelia--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.
(adv.) Completely; utterly.
Edited by Kelsey
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Immediately, instantly, at once, without delay.[2]. Completely, utterly, entirely.
Editor: Shelton
Definition
adv. immediately: at once: completely.—adj. free from reserve: positive undisguised.
Edited by Gertrude
Examples
- This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Why, my precious child,' returned her husband, laughing outright: 'how could I be jealous of him? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I laughed outright, and she joined me in as gay a shout as ever country maiden in old Orange county. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Young Amelia felt that she would die or lose her senses outright, if torn away from this last consolation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Grace Stepney laughed outright. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Lizzie asked her, laughing outright, whether she ever saw her own face or heard her own voice? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At this humorous feat he laughed outright. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was afraid to ask her outright to go with him, he was not even quite sure he wanted her; and she was afraid to be asked. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Fanny laughed outright. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When his master halted at the brink of a pool, and looked round to call him, he stopped outright. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- To laugh outright, and tear my hair, and roll upon the ground with shrieks of merriment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I'm sure any girl might rather be killed outright! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It appeared to me that she never said anything she wanted to say, outright; but hinted it, and made a great deal more of it by this practice. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The houses sunk outright, thirty or forty fathoms deep. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Rupert