outright

English

Etymology

From Middle English outright, equivalent to out +‎ right.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

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

  • Audio (Southern England); “outright” (adjective, verb):

    (file)

Adverb

outright (not comparable)

1. Wholly; completely; entirely.

   Synonyms: downright; see also Thesaurus:completely

   I refute those allegations outright.

   • 1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 269:

     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.

   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; unambiguously.

   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

• Danish: fuldstændigt, helt og holdent
• Esperanto: tute (eo)
• Finnish: täysin (fi), kokonaan (fi), kokonaisuudessaan
• French: complètement (fr), totalement (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) (lìkè)

• Finnish: välittömästi (fi), heti (fi)
• French: immédiatement (fr), sur le coup (fr), sur-le-champ (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)
• French: directement (fr)
• German: ganz (de), als Ganzes
• Polish: bezwarunkowo (pl)

blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously

• French: carrément (fr)
• German: völlig (de), schreiend (de)
• Italian: irrecusabilmente, innegabilmente (it), certamente (it), inequivocabilmente (it), indubbiamente (it), chiaramente (it), senza dubbio
• Japanese: きっぱり (ja) (kippari), 明白 (ja) (めいはく, meihaku)
• Portuguese: indiscutivelmente, claramente (pt), inegavelmente, sem dúvida (pt)
• Russian: откровенно (ru) (otkrovenno)
• Spanish: rotundamente (es), indiscutiblemente

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)
• French: total (fr) m, totale (fr) f
• 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^[1]:

     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)