outright
AdverbAdjektivVerbin Dialogen belegt
- //aʊtˈɹaɪt//
Wholly; completely; entirely.
Adverb
- 1
Wholly; completely; entirely.
I refute those allegations outright.
Special facilities frequently are provided to enable visiting photographers to get the best results, whereas in the past cameras were sometimes banned outright.
- 2
Openly and without reservation; unreservedly.
I have just responded outright to that question.
- 3
At once.
Two people died outright and one more later.
- 4
With no outstanding conditions.
I have bought the house outright.
- 5
umgangssprachlichBlatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.
That was an outright stupid thing to say.
Herkunft
From Middle English outright. By surface analysis, out + right.
Adjektiv
- 1
Unqualified and unreserved.
I demand an outright apology.
- 2
Total or complete.
We achieved outright domination.
Truths, half truths and outright lies.
With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
He found a pattern of non-transparency and outright deception.
- 3
Having no outstanding conditions.
I made an outright purchase of the house.
They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Verb
- 1
To release a player outright, without conditions.
Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday.
Formen
- Präteritum
- outrighted
- Partizip II
- outrighted
- Partizip I
- outrighting
- 3. Person Singular
- outrights
outright · Wholly; completely; entirely.
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