anything but vs outright

anything but

• Not at all; quite the contrary (of). 

outright

• To release a player outright, without conditions. 

• Having no outstanding conditions. 

• Unqualified and unreserved. 

• Total or complete. 

• Blatantly; inexcusably. 

• Openly and without reservation. 

• At once. 

• With no outstanding conditions. 

• Wholly, completely and entirely.