(adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.
(adv.) Completely; utterly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
(2) However, Pearson is understood to have believed an offer from News Corporation to buy Penguin outright would not have been financially viable.
(3) Although the cranes swing, much of the new living zones now being created range from the ho-hum to the outright catastrophic.
(4) A debate exists within civil libertarian circles about the value of holding out for an outright expiration of Section 215.
(5) This provides a valid basis for adjustment of assay results or for outright rejection of an assay.
(6) By creating an environment of intolerance – one could even say outright hostility – towards an already besieged community, the laws have fostered a surge of anti-gay violence across the country.
(7) The Gayes’ lawyer branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye’s late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend’s hit Got to Give It Up outright.
(8) However, the over-riding view is that with Global's plan to buy GMG Radio outright all but thwarted, senior executives at German-owned Bauer will be breathing a sigh of relief.
(9) But the crowd at Bob Jones University did not seem to care for the journalism of the New York Times, or that Cruz senior has recently said that LGBT activists will try to “legalise pedophilia”, that it is “ appalling ” that Houston has a gay mayor, and that he has opined that President Obama is an “outright Marxist” who should go “back to Kenya” .
(10) Her party was denied an outright majority by one seat, after a tie with the Lib Dems led to the result being decided by drawing lots.
(11) "A second Greek bailout is almost certain to result in outright losses for taxpayers further down the road because, even with the help of additional money, Greece remains likely to default within the next few years," said Raoul Ruparel, analyst at the Open Europe think tank.
(12) ‘Like the poshest hostage video ever’: our columnists on the Queen’s speech | Panel Read more The latest public attitudes survey by the National Centre for Social Research suggests that Euroscepticism – measured by the 43% of Scottish voters who want the EU’s powers to be cut or the 17% it records as wanting to leave outright – is at a record high in Scotland .
(13) People eagerly accept such evidence-free claims "because the alternative mean[s] confronting outright mendacity from otherwise respected authorities, trading the calm of certainty for the disquiet of doubt".
(14) They had inhabited their house as long, and by this time owned it outright.
(15) She has also slammed the “illogical and outright offensive” language used by those against same-sex marriage.
(16) We do not state outright that named foreign brands can be linked to factories employing child labour,” the ODI report says.
(17) The government's early defence of Jeremy Hunt against the barrage of criticism over his apparent closeness to News Corp centred on the charge that Frédéric Michel , News Corp's in-house lobbyist, had exaggerated, even outright distorted, accounts of his contact with Hunt and his team.
(18) They showed that the presidential election will go to a second round, after no candidate reached the 50% needed for an outright win.
(19) Still, Rafsanjani – often accused of sitting on the fence – did not call outright for an annulment.
(20) Since the two chambers have equal powers, a government must secure outright majorities in both for its legislation.
Unreserved
Definition:
(a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.
Example Sentences:
(1) He said on Wednesday: "This is not the proudest day in Wonga's history … We would like to apologise unreservedly to anyone affected by the historical debt collection activity and for any distress caused as a result.
(2) The ITV executive chairman, Michael Grade, said: "Ofcom's announcement today is an appropriate moment to restate ITV's unreserved apology to the public for breaches that took place between 2003 and January 2007.
(3) Barton rubs Old Firm up the wrong way Joey Barton apologises ‘unreservedly’ after being sent home by Rangers Read more The phrase “Joey Barton Twitter storm” is pretty much a tautology, so it was no surprise that his decision to sign for Rangers in May had social media in a kerfuffle when his 2012 tweet – “I am a Celtic fan” – was dredged up so that it might be subject to calm and sober scrutiny from all concerned.
(4) "I apologise unreservedly for the deception I therefore practiced on law abiding members of London Greenpeace.
(5) "I unreservedly apologise for a reporter intruding into a private memorial service for a relative of Ed Miliband ," he said.
(6) Cole said the force "offer our unreserved apologies for whatever extent the force's actions contributed to Fiona's mindset at the time that she and Francecca died.
(7) I’m a very visible director.” But some staff members acknowledge that the size of the prison creates challenges, echoing the concerns of campaigners such as Frances Crook of the Howard League, who said: “Prisoners held in smaller prisons tend to be more engaged in the prison regime, enjoy better staff–prisoner relationships, and are safer than those held in large prisons.” Kate Clay, Oakwood’s head of healthcare (which is contracted out to Worcestershire health and care NHS trust) says: “This is the biggest prison I have ever worked in; the sheer size of the establishment, getting from one end to another in an emergency, it takes quite a long time.” The outgoing chaplain, David Weller, is the only unreservedly critical voice.
(8) "If he is in any way offended, I apologise unreservedly.
(9) Jeremy Corbyn became the only Labour leadership contender to unreservedly reject the welfare bill, as Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall all abstained in the vote on a second reading.
(10) Health bosses at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust said they have apologised unreservedly to the patient.
(11) "We apologise unreservedly to the duke and the duchess."
(12) Torture and ill-treatment are abhorrent violations of human dignity which we unreservedly condemn."
(13) Vardy has had his problems in the past, including an unsavoury incident in the summer, which he deeply regrets and apologised unreservedly for after he was caught making a racist remark in a casino , but he is determined to stay on the right path now.
(14) To them, and to everyone I've hurt and offended, I'd like to apologise publicly and unreservedly.
(15) 1.50pm: an ‘unreserved’ apology on Twitter Less than three hours after his LBC interview, and after a spokesman for Corbyn makes his displeasure clear , Livingstone says he’s sorry – and this time he means it.
(16) Today the newspaper printed an apology stating: "Here today, we publicly and unreservedly apologise to all such individuals.
(17) Anyone who’s a parliamentary candidate for Ukip … has to watch how they express themselves all the time.” A first statement from Ukip on behalf of Smith said: “I wish to issue a wholehearted and unreserved apology to those who I have offended within the party and anyone else.
(18) I offer an unreserved apology to Senator Hanson-Young for any distress that this may have caused.” In its formal response, Wilson said the surveillance was well-intentioned and that the guards’ “motivation was the security of the senator”.
(19) But the jury's decision in Coulson's case prompted Cameron to make a rapid and unreserved apology – while Ed Miliband countered that the verdict demonstrated that "a criminal" had been brought into "the heart of Downing Street".
(20) After providing all the technical preconditions for the wireless communication telemetric signal transmitting is unreservedly to be applied for practical emergency provision.