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Definition of Right-down
1. Adverb. Positively. "A regular right-down bad 'un"
2. Adjective. Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. "Sheer stupidity"
Similar to: Complete
Derivative terms: Absoluteness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Right-down
Literary usage of Right-down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1895)
"B 2. 3. 4. 5. fi. 7. SV 10. 11. 1?. 1.43 L10 1.80 0.73 1.00 1.37 0X0 Lll 0.70
1.62 1.80 First si crc REMARKS. Lurd means from Left up to Right Down. ..."
2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"They carried their raiding right down the Italian peninsula, devas- tating all
Etruria. They took and sacked Rome (390 B. c.). According to Roman legends—on ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"I was directed to keep on the- path leading right down the Mississippi river.
Every mount was fresh. ... I could lie right down by him and saddle him and ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1916)
""Sit right down and have some hot milk. I had some all ready." The telephone
rang, she went ... You and Mother just listen—just sit right down and listen. ..."
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