outright

adverb

1. 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. 2

   Openly and without reservation; unreservedly.

   I have just responded outright to that question.

3. 3

   At once.

   Two people died outright and one more later.

4. 4

   With no outstanding conditions.

   I have bought the house outright.

5. 5

   informalBlatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.

   That was an outright stupid thing to say.

adjective

1. 1

   Unqualified and unreserved.

   I demand an outright apology.

2. 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. 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. 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.

Forms

past tense

outrighted

past participle

outrighted

present participle

outrighting

third person singular

outrights