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directness

noun

1 directness

Trueness of course toward a goal:
— Rivaling a hawk in directness of aim.

synonym: straightness.

Roget 246: straightness, rectilinearity, directness; inflexibility etc. (stiffness) 323; straight line, right line, direct line; short cut.   

Dutch: directheid

2 directness

The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.

synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, forthrightness, frankness.

Dutch: vrijmoedigheid, rondborstigheid, oprechtheid, openheid, openhartigheid, directheid
Polish: szczerość


Moby thesaurus: Atticism, appropriateness, artlessness, austerity, baldness, bareness, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, chasteness, chastity, childlikeness, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clear-cutness, clearness ... show more.

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