downsteepyt (dounste"pi)

Having a great declivity. He came to a craggy and down steepy rock. Florio , tr. of Montaigne's E ays (1613), p. 197. tinuous shower. The rain, which had been threatening all day, now descended in torrents, and we landed in a perfect downpour . Lady Bra ey, Voyage of Sunbeam, I. viii. downright (doun'rit), adv. [ A stoon or tyle under the roote enrounde, That it goo nought do une right a stalke alloone, But sprede abone. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 56. A giant's slain in fight, Or mow'd o'erthwart, or cleft downright . S. Butler , Hudibras. 2. In plain terms; without ceremony or circumlocution. Fairies, away: We shall chide downright , if I longer stay. Shak., M. N. D., ii. 3. Completely; thoroughly; utterly: as, he is downright mad. God gaf the dom hymselue, With or in the direction of the current of a stream.