Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DOWN'RIGHT
DOWN'RIGHT, adv.
- Right down; straight down; perpendicularly. A giant cleft downright. – Hudibras.
- In plain terms; without ceremony or circumlocution. We shall chide downright. – Shak.
- Completely; without stopping short; as, she fell downright into a fit. – Arbuthnot.
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