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downrightness|daʊnˈraɪtnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being downright; directness, straightforwardness of speech or behaviour.
1628Earle Microcosm., Blunt Man (Arb.) 56 Hee is generally honest..and his downerightnesse credits him. 1809–12M. Edgeworth Manœuvring vii. Wks. 1832 II. 18 They have..so much self-will, and mercantile downrightness in their manners. 1845Thackeray Crit. Rev. Wks. 1886 XXIII. 237 [To] expose their error with all the downrightness that is necessary. |