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English

Etymology

From straight + forward.

Adjective

  1. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviate|deviating; honest; frank.
  2. *1992, George J. Church, "Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton," Time, 20 Apr, p. 38,
  3. *:A great deal of the uneasiness about Clinton reflects his propensity to dance away from straightforward yes or no answers to any character question.


Derived terms


Translations

Adverb

  1. In a straightforward manner.


Translations

et:straightforward fr:straightforward io:straightforward hu:straightforward simple:straightforward fi:straightforward te:straightforward vi:straightforward

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Straightforward \Straight`for"ward\, a.
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating;
honest; frank. -- adv. In a straightforward manner. --
Straight`for"ward*ly, adv. -- Straight`for"ward*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet straightforward
adj 1: free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions"
2: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he
is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a)]
3: without concealment or deception; honest; "their business
was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his
business affairs" [syn: aboveboard]
4: pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"
Moby Dictionary
Attic , Ciceronian , Mickey Mouse , Spartan , aboveboard , apparent ,
artless , ascetic , austere , bald , bare , barefaced , bluff , blunt ,
broad , brusque , candid , casual , chaste , classic , clean-cut , clear ,
clear as crystal , clear as day , clear-cut , coherent , common ,
commonplace , connected , consistent , crisp , crystal-clear ,
crystalline , cushy , dead , dead ahead , defined , definite , direct ,
directly , distinct , downright , dry , due , due north , dull , easy ,
easy as pie , effortless , elegant , evident , explicit , express ,
facile , finished , forthright , frank , frankhearted , free ,
free-speaking , free-spoken , free-tongued , genuine , glib , graceful ,
gracile , heart-to-heart , homely , homespun , honest , honorable ,
immediate , in a beeline , in line with , inartificial , incomplex ,
ingenuous , irreversible , just , lean , light , limpid , loud and clear ,
lucid , luminous , manifest , matter-of-fact , native , natural , neat ,
nothing to it , one-way , open , openhearted , outspoken , painless ,
palpable , patent , pellucid , perspicuous , plain , plain dealing ,
plain-speaking , plain-spoken , polished , prosaic , prosing , prosy ,
pure , refined , restrained , right , round , rustic , severe , simple ,
simple as ABC , simple-speaking , sincere , smooth , sober , soft ,
spare , stark , straight , straight across , straight ahead ,
straight-out , straightaway , straightforwards , straightly ,
straightway , tasteful , terse , through , translucent , transparent ,
transpicuous , trim , unadorned , unaffected , unambiguous ,
unartificial , unassuming , unbroken , unburdensome , unchecked ,
uncomplicated , unconcealed , unconfused , unconstrained , undeviating ,
undeviatingly , undisguised , undissembled , undissembling ,
unequivocal , unfeigning , unguarded , unidirectional , unimaginative ,
uninterrupted , uninvolved , univocal , unlabored , unmistakable ,
unpoetical , unpretending , unpretentious , unreserved , unrestrained ,
unswerving , unswervingly , unvarnished , unveeringly , upright ,
upstanding , well-defined


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