āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
downright
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downright
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The storm was a downright disaster for the entire region.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ, āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ
direct and frank, especially in speech or behavior
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He 's a downright person who never sugarcoats the truth.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
01
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§
in an extreme or absolute way, often used to intensify
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She looked downright furious when she walked in.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
