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right-down

right-down

7.2
Shows that something is completely bad
  • adjective
  • /raɪt-daʊn/
  • Informal
translation icon : absolutamente
  • It's completely like a historical text, you know, right down to the footnotes on the appendices.

Make sure your notifications are on and we're just going to get right down to business.

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Examples

  • The instructions were clear, and we went right down to the details to ensure accuracy.

  • But when you get right down to this, all it comes down to is stereotypes and roles.

  • Make sure your notifications are on and we're just going to get right down to business.

  • But you know, when it comes right down to it, government, we can't give up on government.

  • Other sports, you can do them whenever you feel like it, But when it comes right down to it, the most healthful sport is probably the one you love to play.

  • Let's take a look now, as I was saying, there's a beautiful parcel available right down here by the flats.

  • The top is a thick aluminum heat sink that is also vented so you can actually see right down into the power supply.

  • So he was accustomed to bookkeeping and everything had to balance right down to the sous, right.

  • When it comes to making decisions, you need to focus right down on what matters most.

  • Regardless of the circumstances, he stood right down for his principles.

Synonyms

right
vsright-down
1.0

Use to mean very or completely

is narrower, aiming at absolute negative sense rather than general emphasis
positively
vsright-down
76 3.4

In a way that shows you are sure something is true

is used to stress complete extent usually for negative statements
completely and utterly
vsright-down
8 2.3

Totally and without any doubt

is similar but often reserved for strong negative emphasis
downright
vsright-down
7 4.9

Completely bad or not acceptable, with no good quality

is emphatic too but used especially in negative contexts
out-and-out
vsright-down
7 6.3

A complete and clear example of something, often a bad one

is used to stress totality particularly for negative traits
outrightly
vsright-down
6.0

In a complete and direct way, without any doubt

focuses more on total negative emphasis than manner or directness

Antonyms

331 1.0

In no way

How Complete

right-down
  • Informal
7.2
fairly
895 1.0

Surface Forms

right-down positive

Morphology

right-down = right (semi-transparent) = down + right

Both components are recognizable, but the combined idiomatic intensifying meaning ('completely, absolutely') is somewhat idiomatic and may not be fully predictable to learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word right-down comes from two simple words, right ('straight' or 'exact') and down ('all the way' or 'to the bottom'). So right-down is a strong way to say something is 'completely' or 'absolutely', often used to stress a negative quality.