outright

English

Etymology

From Middle English out +‎ right

Pronunciation

• (adverb): enPR: out-rītʹ, IPA: /aʊtˈraɪt/, X-SAMPA: /aUt"raIt/
• (adjective, verb): enPR: outʹrīt, IPA: /ˈaʊtraɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"aUtraIt/

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 Wikisaurus:completely

Translations

wholly

• Esperanto: tute (eo)
• Finnish: täysin (fi), kokonaan (fi), kokonaisuudessaan (fi)
• French: complètement (fr)
• Italian: completamente (it)

• Portuguese: completamente (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: potpuno (sh), kompletno (sh)
• Swedish: helt och hållet (sv), fullständigt (sv)

openly

• Finnish: suoraan (fi), avoimesti (fi)
• French: ouvertement (fr)
• Hungarian: nyíltan (hu), egyenesen (hu)

• Italian: apertamente (it)
• Portuguese: abertamente (pt)

at once

• Finnish: välittömästi (fi), heti (fi)
• French: immédiatement (fr)
• Hungarian: rögtön (hu)

• Italian: immediatamente (it)
• Serbo-Croatian: odjednom (sh), imedijantno (sh)

with no outstanding conditions

• Finnish: ehdottomasti (fi)

Adjective

outright (not comparable)

1. Unqualified and unreserved.

   I demand an outright apology.

2. Total or complete.

   We achieved outright domination.

3. Having no outstanding conditions.

   I made an outright purchase of the house.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:total

Translations

unqualified and unreserved

total or complete

• Finnish: selvä (fi)

having no outstanding conditions

• Finnish: selvä (fi)

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”, 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)