Word: downright
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...downright and unconcealed slugging of Saturday's game is also condemned. There is a great deal of difference between a game played strongly by both teams, which is necessarily rough, and one when the aim of a team is evidently to knock their opponents out or to use them up so that they are unfit to offer any resistance...
...their columns with false trash about Harvard whenever they are hard up for stuff. People easily believe sensational stories about the college. particularly when little occurrences are made to assume the proportions of hideous crimes. The thing has ceased to be a joke and is fast becoming a downright nuisance...
...winner. The result was most warmly applauded and nothing would suit the audience but a recall of McAllister. It was disgraceful that during this bout there was repeated hissing at many perfectly fair blows. McAllister showed his disapproval of this by signals to the spectators. It is a downright outrage that men cannot keep their feelings to themselves better than this. The light-weight wrestlers were now called out. The first bout was between F. Cabot, Jr., V. S., and E. L. Hambleton, Sp. Cabot won the first fall in 4 min. 13 sec. and the second...
During the spring particular attention is to be given by Capt. Henshaw to efficiency in base-running and bating. The nets will be in use daily, and downright, earnest work will be required of every candidate...
...showing to the public the latest style of ulster or neck-wear. He is supposed to pass his examinations by means of assiduous "cramming" for several days before the examination, striving merely to get a mark which will prevent his getting "dropped." Few give us credit for the downright earnest work which is the rule here, not the exception. The men who spend their time in Boston (there are a few) are typical of but a small class. The majority of Harvard students are hard workers. We are aware that we have not reached the standard of perfection...