outright

outright

English

Etymology

From Middle English outright, equivalent to out +‎ right.

Pronunciation

• (adverb): enPR: out-rītʹ, IPA^(key): /aʊtˈɹaɪt/

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  • Rhymes: -aɪt
• (adjective, verb): enPR: outʹrīt, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtɹaɪt/

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Adverb

outright (not comparable)

1. Wholly, completely and entirely.

   I refute those allegations outright.

2. Openly and without reservation.

   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. (informal) Blatantly; inexcusably.

   That was an outright stupid thing to say.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:completely

Translations

wholly

Bulgarian: пълно (bg) (pǎlno) Catalan: completament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 完全地 Esperanto: tute (eo) Finnish: täysin (fi), kokonaan (fi), kokonaisuudessaan French: complètement (fr) Galician: completamente (gl) German: gänzlich (de), ganz und gar (de), vollständig (de), komplett (de), total (de), rundweg (de) Italian: completamente (it) Portuguese: completamente (pt) Romanian: complet (ro), desăvârșit (ro) m Russian: целиком (ru) (celikom), полностью (ru) (polnostʹju) Serbo-Croatian: potpuno (sh), kompletno (sh) Spanish: por completo, de plano Swedish: helt och hållet (sv), fullständigt (sv)

openly

Bulgarian: прямо (bg) (prjamo) Catalan: francament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 公开地 Finnish: suoraan (fi), avoimesti (fi) French: ouvertement (fr) German: geradeheraus (de), ohne Umschweife, klar (de), freiheraus (de) Hungarian: nyíltan (hu), egyenesen (hu) Italian: apertamente (it) Portuguese: abertamente (pt) Romanian: deschis (ro), sincer (ro) Russian: открыто (ru) (otkryto), откровенно (ru) (otkrovenno) Spanish: abiertamente (es)

at once

Bulgarian: незабавно (bg) (nezabavno) Catalan: immediatament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 立刻 (zh) Finnish: välittömästi (fi), heti (fi) French: immédiatement (fr) German: gleich (de), sofort (de), auf der Stelle (de) Hungarian: rögtön (hu) Italian: immediatamente (it) Russian: сразу (ru) (srazu), немедленно (ru) (nemedlenno) Serbo-Croatian: odjednom (sh), imedijantno Spanish: inmediatamente (es)

with no outstanding conditions

Bulgarian: безусловно (bg) (bezuslovno) Catalan: directament (ca) Finnish: ehdottomasti (fi) German: ganz (de), als Ganzes Polish: bezwarunkowo (pl)

blatantly; inexcusably

German: völlig (de), schreiend (de) Russian: откровенно (ru) (otkrovenno)

See also

• downright

Adjective

outright (not comparable)

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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:total

Translations

unqualified and unreserved

Bulgarian: категоричен (bg) (kategoričen), безрезервен (bg) (bezrezerven) Dutch: eenduidig (nl) German: klar (de), eindeutig (de), uneingeschränkt (de) Italian: pubblica (it), pubblico (it) Spanish: con todas las letras

total or complete

Bulgarian: пълен (bg) (pǎlen), съвършен (bg) (sǎvǎršen) Chinese: Mandarin: 全部的 Finnish: selvä (fi) German: völlig (de), komplett (de), glatt (de), blank (de)

having no outstanding conditions

Bulgarian: безусловен (bg) (bezusloven) Finnish: selvä (fi) German: uneingeschränkt (de), vorbehaltlos (de), bedingungslos (de) Polish: bezwarunkowy (pl)

Verb

outright (third-person singular simple present outrights, present participle outrighting, simple past and past participle outrighted)

1. (sports) To release a player outright, without conditions.
   • 2007 August 30, Ben Shpigel, “Martínez to Audition for Mets’ Brain Trust”, in New York Times‎:

     Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday.

Translations

to release a player outright

Finnish: päästää (fi), vapauttaa (fi)