Downright
Downright adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.
Properly and downright are semantically related. in thoroughly topic. In some cases you can use "Properly" instead an adverb "Downright".
Both words in one sentence
- She merely preferred the well-behaved and properly deferential Pompadour over her downright arrogant predecessors.
Source: The Mistress -
Gets downright ridiculous in the pressurized, properly oxygenated environment of the derelict starships in orbit around Tau Volantis.
Source: Rustproof Blood - The aversion is justified since the colonials are downright (and considering the Robot War very properly) paranoid about any computer networks.
Source: Surveillance as the Plot Demands
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