right-down

1 of 2

adjective

: characterized by genuineness or thoroughness : complete, thorough

a real right-down New York trotter

—T. C. Haliburton

many right-down vices

—Richard Free

right-down

2 of 2

adverb

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: without reserve or limitation : positively, thoroughly, very

a regular right-down bad 'un

—Charles Dickens

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