straight-out

Speech parts

1. straight-out - Adjective

2. straight-out - Adverb

3. straight-out - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.

Alternative names

straight out

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Examples

The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth. Anthony Kennedy

The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime. Noam Chomsky

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures. Brian De Palma

Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. It's just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article. Richard Foster

At worst it would be a straight-out transfer of public monies to private beneficiaries.” Source: Internet

Guess the problem is not necessarily only straight-out racism, but rather discrimination based on different social classes. Source: Internet

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