outright
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Synonyms for outright
Synonyms: Adjective
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
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Examples of outright in a Sentence
Adverb
She won the competition outright. The painting is now owned outright by the museum. Their house was destroyed outright by the fire. I bought the car outright.Adjective
I was surprised by their outright rejection of the idea.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
Alonso is the second rookie to win outright, following Yankees star Aaron Judge in 2017. — chicagotribune.com, "Mets’ Pete Alonso outduels fellow rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to win Home Run Derby," 8 July 2019 Boys and girls run together in the junior race, and in 2014, Ostrander became the first girl to win the race outright with a girls record-time of 28:54. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, "It’s time for Mount Marathon, where the chatter this year is about smoke and streaks," 4 July 2019 The Nuggets, incidentally, not only covered the spread but won Game 4 outright, 116-112. — oregonlive.com, "Canzano: Las Vegas doesn’t hate the Trail Blazers... it just likes money a lot more," 23 Aug. 2019 Of those, four were denied outright, nine were allowed in for review but then denied and 12 were approved. — Peter Nickeas, chicagotribune.com, "‘It’s the racial stuff’: Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program," 15 Aug. 2019 Lang and his team fought back, saying Dentsu had no right to cancel the festival outright, and the sides battled in court with a judge ultimately saying that the show could go on but Dentsu was allowed to flee with its money. — Dan Reilly, Fortune, "Woodstock 50 Officially Canceled After Months of Problems," 31 July 2019 Nine people were killed outright, including the girl the plotters had hired to hold the reins. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "Why is a French nobleman who tried to blow up Napoleon buried in Georgetown?," 20 July 2019 The offer in question contains an option to purchase Coutinho outright for £88m, but Barcelona are not convinced that such a deal would be in their best interest right now. — SI.com, "Liverpool 'Submit' 2-Year Loan Offer for Philippe Coutinho With Barcelona Star Eager to Return," 15 July 2019 Some children were stolen outright, often from poor, indigenous women in rural areas. — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, "Destined for Export," 10 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The Wolverines have not won an outright Big Ten title since 2003 and missed out on playing the conference title game last season after losing to archrival Ohio State in their annual grudge match. — Si Wire, SI.com, "Middle Tennessee vs. Michigan Live Stream: How to Watch Online, TV Channel, Game Time," 31 Aug. 2019 Estancia went 17-12 overall, 10-5 in the Orange Coast League last year on its way to its first outright league title since 2010. — Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot, "Estancia hires Bishop Griggs to lead baseball program," 28 Aug. 2019 A year after upstart River Falls shocked the Big Rivers Conference by winning the outright title, the conference figures to return to status quo with perennial powers Menomonie and Hudson battling it out for the top spot. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, "Western Wisconsin high school football: Things to watch this season," 22 Aug. 2019 Ocean View High senior forward Vincent Caiazzo shared Golden West League boys’ basketball MVP honors after helping the Seahawks win the outright title. — Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com, "Ocean View's Vincent Caiazzo shares Golden West League MVP in boys' basketball," 18 June 2019 It was determined that the four deputies’ responses were not entirely truthful, though not outright lies, Spitzer said. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, "Court filing raises new questions about Orange County’s handling of informant scandal," 22 Aug. 2019 The first meeting, a 7-3 Lancers win, helped St. Francis claim an outright WCAL title. — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, "High school football season preview: The games to watch," 21 Aug. 2019 The Vaqueros tied their best conference finish since the 2002-2003 season and won their first outright Western State Conference East Division title this century. — Vincent Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, "Looking Back: Conference titles highlight 2018-2019 campaign for Glendale Community College," 9 Aug. 2019 Gausman, who faced the Reds on Friday, was placed on outright waivers by the Atlanta Braves. — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Cincinnati Reds claim pitcher Kevin Gausman off waivers from Atlanta Braves," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outright.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.