out and out

Adverb

 * 1)  Completely; thoroughly.
 * 2) * 1921, Bernadotte Perrin (translator), "Tiberius and Caius Gracchus", , Loeb Classics
 * However, he soon saw that the senate was hostile to him out and out, and that the good will of Fannius towards him had lost his edge, and therefore again began to attach the multitude to himself by other laws

Usage notes

 * Still used hyphenated as an adjective:.