Exempel på downright

• While natural for (83c), it is somewhat strained for (83a) and downright odd for (83b).

• There will be some qualifications and criticisms, and a few downright disagreements, but they are footnotes to the footnotes.

• In this example punctuation suggests that there is no intonational boundary between downright and the following adjective.

• To preach a keen interest in how architecture is actually made can be downright unpopular, especially within a school of architecture.

• It is often the case that downright appears in contexts which themselves evoke a gradation.

• However, bounded heads are not the only possible collocates of downright over time.

• But none of them fails to be fascinating; and many are downright brilliant.

• For someone outside the culture, the enactment might well have been less obvious or downright unreadable.

• This is often uncomfortable, if not downright irritating.

• The architect's task is now to integrate new functions and new spaces in the castle, yet the choices available are downright vast.

• Given such misquotes and downright lies written about my own reports, no wonder that ufology has turned into such a discredited subject.

• The foregoing discussion shows that, although downright is a low-frequency intensifier, its history is nevertheless worthy of close attention.

• One may wonder why downright shows such a marked preference for negative collocates.

• A right glove left right at my door today would have been downright handy.

• Overall, although occasionally lacking focus, the collection is intellectually stimulating, absorbing, and often downright enjoyable.