Word: outrightly
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...determined to maintain diplomatic relations with Indonesia despite Sukarno's provocations. Though Sukarno backed down slightly and restored phone and telegraph communications with Malaysia, Britain's military headquarters in the Far East were making full preparations to fight if Sukarno carried his threats to the point of outright combat...
...measure would provide $1.5 billion over the next five years for construction of college classrooms at four-year colleges, $500 million of the money will be in outright grants, the rest in low-interest loans...
...vigilant officers has contrived to keep afloat for these 150 years past, and to overawe their neighbors merely by her bulk and appearance; but whenever an insufficient man happens to have the command upon deck, adieu to the discipline and safety of the ship. She may perhaps not sink outright; she may drift some time as a wreck, and will then be dashed to pieces on the shore; but she can never be rebuilt on the old bottom...
...doubt about that. Power, who has bucked his bosses often during his career, expressed outright disagreement with the Administration's position on the partial test ban. "The treaty," he told the Senators flatly, "is not in the best interests of the U.S." What bothered Power, said Stennis after the secret hearing, was a gnawing doubt on whether "the U.S. can or would maintain its present undisputed superiority in nuclear power if it ratified the treaty. General Power believes this is the only present deterrent...
...Alabama is the only state which has takes the path of outright lawlessness. In many other states, educational authorities have chosen cowardly irresponsibility instead. The Court's decision was not a popular one, and these authorities are aware of the public outery which would follow an order to cease religious practices in the schools. So they have decided to pass the buck back to the courts by declaring that the Supreme Court has not banned "voluntary" observances and waiting for the lawsuits...