out-and-out(s = adj.all) absolute, downright, rank, right-down, sheer - complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie. [WordNet 1.5]
Completely; wholly; openly. [1913 Webster]