Definition of "straight-out" [straight•-out]

• Straightforward; blunt: gave them a straight-out "no.” (adjective)
• Complete; unmitigated: a straight-out error. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "That while the Republicans were straight-out lying Politfact's top lie of 2009 when they told tales of death panels and policies to discontinue care to seniors, cuts to Medicare and Social Security would actually send countless senior citizens into desperate financial situations."
• "And I'm not at all sure how successful I am as a straight-out polemicist either."
• "But the events of the last two weeks have highlighted the strategy, revealing so many GOP assertions as being straight-out wrong."