Downright vs Entire - What's the difference?
downright | entire |
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
(sometimes, postpositive) Whole; complete.
(botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
(botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable]] on all of [[?.
(of a, male animal) Not gelded.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* Clarendon
Internal; interior.
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
* 2005', He asked why Hijaz was an '''entire . You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated. — James Meek, ''The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 124)
(philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
As adjectives the difference between downright and entire
is that downright is directed vertically; coming straight down while entire is (sometimes|postpositive) whole; complete.As an adverb downright
is really; actually; quite; thoroughly; utterly.As a noun entire is
an uncastrated horse; a stallion.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.entire
English
(wikipedia entire)Alternative forms
* intire (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- pure fear and entire cowardice
- No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
- (Spenser)