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DIRECTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Synonyms:
candidness; candor; candour; directness; forthrightness; frankness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("directness" is a kind of...):
honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directness"):
ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)
Derivation:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Trueness of course toward a goal
Example:
rivaling a hawk in directness of aim
Synonyms:
directness; straightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("directness" is a kind of...):
characteristic (a distinguishing quality)
Attribute:
direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)
indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directness"):
downrightness; straightforwardness (the quality of being direct and straightforward)
immediacy; immediateness (lack of an intervening or mediating agency)
pointedness (the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing)
Antonym:
indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
Derivation:
direct (being an immediate result or consequence)
