outright

adv

/aʊtˈɹaɪt//ˈaʊtɹaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English outright, equivalent to out + right.

inherited from outright

Definitions

1
Wholly
Wholly; completely; entirely.
- I refute those allegations outright.
- Special facilities frequently are provided to enable visiting photographers to get the best results, whereas in the past cameras were sometimes banned outright.
2
Openly and without reservation.
- I have just responded outright to that question.
3
At once.
- Two people died outright and one more later.
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1. 4
  With no outstanding conditions.
  - I have bought the house outright.
2. 5
  Blatantly
  Blatantly; inexcusably; unambiguously.
  - That was an outright stupid thing to say.
3. 6
  Unqualified and unreserved.
  - I demand an outright apology.
4. 7
  Total or complete.
  - We achieved outright domination.
  - Truths, half truths and outright lies.
  - With little effort they found dozens of outright lies.
5. 8
  Having no outstanding conditions.
  - I made an outright purchase of the house.
  - They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.
6. 9
  To release a player outright, without conditions.
  - Sandy Alomar Jr. cleared waivers and was outrighted to Class AA Binghamton in preparation for his promotion when rosters expand Saturday.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outright. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at outright. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at outright

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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