1
[ adverb ] without restrictions or stipulations or further payments

Examples

"buy outright"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Pelham said Sunday night there was research being done on whether the `` quickie '' vote on the increase can be repealed outright or whether notice would have to first be given that reconsideration of the action would be sought .

2
[ adjective ] without reservation or exception

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

Skeptics may deny the more startling phenomena of dreams as things they have never personally observed , but failure to wonder at their basic mystery is outright avoidance of routine evidence .

Related terms

unqualified

3
[ adverb ] without reservation or concealment

Examples

"she asked him outright for a divorce"

4
[ adverb ] without any delay

Examples

"he was killed outright"

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