downright vs guarded

downright

adj
  • Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt. 

  • Directly to the point; plain 

  • Complete; absolute 

adv
  • Really; actually; quite 

guarded

adj
  • Cautious; restrained. 

  • Watched over; supervised. 

  • When the practitioner formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to foretell, what the outcome may be. 

How often have the words downright and guarded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )