straightness

Roget category 246

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
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#246. Straightness

noun

straightness, rectilinearity^†, directness — inflexibility etc. (stiffness) 323 — straight line, right line, direct line — short cut.

verb

be straight etc. adj. — have no turning — not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side — go straight — steer for etc. (directions) 278.
render straight, straighten, rectify — set straight, put straight — unbend, unfold, uncurl etc. 248, unravel etc. 219, unwrap.

adjective

straight — rectilinear, rectilineal^† — direct, even, right, true, in a line — unbent, virgate^† etc. v. — undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving — straight as an arrow etc. (direct) 278 — inflexible etc. 323.
laser-straight — ramrod-straight.

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