right-down
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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But if thou puttest thy terms right-down, and also sayest thou must have thy cash right-down too—don't start so at that cash—then not so many sitters to be sure, but more returns.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Passons niver can answer ye plain, right-down, nataral questions like this'n, and that's why I wunna ga ta tha church.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
If there's one thing I cannot stand it is to hear people talk right-down silly; I never could stand it, and I never shall.
From A Woman Perfected by Marsh, Richard
"But you are right-down ill," interrupted the elder woman, who evidently considered herself more as one of the family than as a domestic.
From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
I call you right-down mean to go saying things like that!'
From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela
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