right out

adverb

bluntly, directly, straight up.

Meanings

adverbright out (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebluntly, directly, straight up.

    1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure One minute he's so glad to be with me, kissy-kissy, & the next minute he tells me right out he doesn't care if he's with me or not.

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APA

right out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right%20out

MLA

“right out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “right out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right%20out.

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