Main entry: absolute, out-and-out, sheer, rank, right-down, downright
Definition: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Usage: absolute freedom; an absolute dimwit; a downright lie; out-and-out mayhem; an out-and-out lie; a rank outsider; many right-down vices; got the job through sheer persistence; sheer stupidity
Main entry: right-down
Definition: positively
Usage: a regular right-down bad 'un--Charles Dickens