Downright vs Downwards - What's the difference?
downright | downwards |
Directed vertically; coming straight down.
Directly to the point; plain; unambiguous; unevasive.
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
Complete; absolute; utter.
Really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly.
Straight down; perpendicularly.
Without delay; at once.
* Arbuthnot
Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
To a lower figure or amount.
Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.
As adverbs the difference between downright and downwards
is that downright is really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly while downwards is towards a lower place; towards what is below.As an adjective downright
is directed vertically; coming straight down.downright
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* (l)Adverb
(-)- He wasn't just cool to me, he was downright rude.
- She fell downright into a fit.
Usage notes
"Downright" is used to intensify or emphasize the following adjective, which usually refers to some negative quality.downwards
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Adverb
(en adverb)- ''Gravity pulls everything downwards.
- ''After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards