outright
/ˈaʊtraɪt/ adjective [always before noun]Definition
› total, clear, and certain: an outright ban on smoking an outright lie an outright victory
outright /ˌaʊtˈraɪt/ adverb › She needs 51% of the vote to win outright. He was killed outright (= immediately) when the car hit him.(Definition of outright adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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