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STRAIGHTFORWARD
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pointed directly ahead
Example:
a straightforward gaze
Classified under:
Similar:
direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without evasion or compromise
Example:
he is not being as straightforward as it appears
Synonyms:
square; straight; straightforward
Classified under:
Similar:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
Derivation:
straightforwardness (without hypocrisy)
straightforwardness (the quality of being direct and straightforward)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Free from ambiguity
Example:
a straightforward set of instructions
Classified under:
Similar:
unambiguous; unequivocal; univocal (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion)
Derivation:
straightforwardness (the quality of being direct and straightforward)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Without concealment or deception; honest
Example:
straightforward in all his business affairs
Synonyms:
aboveboard; straightforward
Classified under:
Similar:
square; straight (characterized by honesty and fairness)
Derivation:
straightforwardness (the quality of being direct and straightforward)
Context examples:
That didn't sound like John, and she knew he was looking up at her with the straightforward look that she had always been ready to meet and answer with one as frank till now.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
If there had not been so much anger, there would have been desperate awkwardness; but their straightforward emotions left no room for the little zigzags of embarrassment.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
