downrightly

adv

"downrightly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“downrightly” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - clearly; plainly; directly; downright

Corpus desk

Index EN-downrightly · downrightly · English

downrightly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for downrightly
PropertyValue
Headworddownrightly
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “downrightly” in English

downrightlysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

downrightly is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "clearly; plainly; directly; downright".

downrightly has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From downright + -ly. The correct English form is downrightly, spelled D-O-W-N-R-I-G-H-T-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    clearly; plainly; directly; downright

Etymology

From downright + -ly.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "downrightly"?
"downrightly" is spelled D-O-W-N-R-I-G-H-T-L-Y.
What does "downrightly" mean?
As an adverb, "downrightly" means: clearly; plainly; directly; downright
What is the origin of the word "downrightly"?
From downright + -ly. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list