adjective
- complete or total: an outright loss.
- downright or unqualified: an outright refusal.
- without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications: an outright sale of the car.
- Archaic. directed straight out or on.
adverb
- completely; entirely.
- without restraint, reserve, or concealment; openly: Tell me outright what’s bothering you.
- at once; instantly: to be killed outright.
- without further payments due, restrictions, or qualifications: to own the house outright.
- Archaic. straight out or ahead; directly onward.
adjective (ˈaʊtˌraɪt) (prenominal)
- without qualifications or limitationsoutright ownership
- complete; totalan outright lie
- straightforward; directan outright manner
adverb (ˌaʊtˈraɪt)
- without restrictionsbuy outright
- without reservation or concealmentask outright
- instantlyhe was killed outright
- obsolete straight ahead or out
adv.c.1300, “completely, entirely; openly, directly; at once, without hesitation,” from out (adv.) + right (adj.1)). Meaning “all at once” is attested from c.1600. As an adjective, “direct, downright,” from 1530s.