a downright lie

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

downright

— adverb thoroughgoing he is outright dishonest — adjective characterized by plain blunt honesty a downright answer a downright kind of person — adjective (= absolute, out-and-out, 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

lie Verb 1

— If you lie down, your head and whole body are at the same level. You lie down when you want to rest or sleep. She lay on the bed and went to sleep. — If something lies somewhere, it is there and it is not moving. His dirty shirt was lying on the floor and old socks were everywhere.

lie Verb 2

— If you lie, you say or write something that you know is not true. "How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she lied. She was actually eighteen years old. Examples given in the old Webster dictionary says, why do you lie to me vs why do you just lie there. In past tense the word "lier" perceived in the new dictionary does not exist. It has been deleted from context to be depicted as "liar" when in fact they are two different existing words that have two different meanings all together. In example, to be a "lier" is to be a noun in context and to be a "liar" would be as a verb form. One depicts a person or being while the other depicts an action.

lie Noun

— Something not true, a falsehood, an untruth. I told a lie.