forthrightadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːθrʌɪt/,

/ˌfɔːθˈrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrθˌraɪt/,

/ˌfɔrθˈraɪt/

Inflections: rarely with adverbial gen. -s forthrights.

Etymology: < forth adv. + right adj., right adv., in Old English riht , rihte : compare downright adv., adj., and n.

archaic.

A. adv.

a. Directly forward, in or towards the front, straight before one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb]

forth847

righteOE

forthrighta1000

rightlyOE

anonOE

evenc1300

even-forthc1300

straight13..

streck13..

gainc1330

streckly1340

right fortha1382

straightly1395

evenly?c1400

outrightc1400

straightway1461

endlong1470

fair1490

directly1513

fulla1529

forth on1529

straightforth1530

directedly1539

aright?a1560

direct1568

endways1575

point-blank1607

progressivelya1716

unswervingly1805

straightforward1809

undeviatingly1812

undeviously1813

slap1829

arrow-straight1831

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > directly forwards

forthrighta1000

outrightc1400

foreright1495

straight forth1536

straightforwardsa1555

an-end1601

fair and square1805

straightforward1809

fairly and squarely1827

a1000 Ags. Gloss. in Haupt Zeitschr. IX. 406 Indeclinabiliter, forðrihte.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 763 Brutus..iwende forð-rihtes. to þon ilke weie þer him iwised wes.

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 295 She mighte loke in no visage Of man or woman forth-right pleyn.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. ii. 104 That heryth not only fourth ryght but all abowte.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. R2 He euer going so iust with the horse, either foorth right, or turning.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 610 Now forthright, and now in Orbits wheel'd.

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 73 Until, impatient in embarrassment, He forthright pass'd.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. viii. 153 Reach the good man your hand, my girl: forth~right from the shoulder, like a brave boxer.

†b. Straight out, horizontally. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adverb]

endlong1393

grovelling1562

flatling1605

levelly1610

forthright1640

horizontally1646

horizontically1692

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 356 The fruite..standing some forthright, and some upright.

2. Straightway, immediately, at once.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2481 He..wollde forrþrihht hire himm fra All stillelike shædenn.

a1225 St. Marher. 15 Ant tenne some agulteð eawiht [sc. ha moten] gan anan forðriht þæt ha [etc.].

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S6 Whose dore forthright, To him did open, as it had beene taught.

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vii. sig. I2 You may see some slaine forthright with the thrust of the speare.

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese A ribibo, forthright, as it were carelesly.

1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse 49 Forthright upon his steed [he] Leapt.

B. adj.

1. Proceeding in a straight course, directly in front of one, straight forward.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective]

forthrightc1000

rightOE

evenc1175

straightc1400

directa1500

right forth1561

outright1582

ungiddy1615

undeclined1638

forerighta1640

rectilinear1651

right-lined1702

rectilineala1774

arrow-straight1834

straightaway1874

point-to-point1930

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 222/30 Directanei, forðrihte.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. i. 345 Streyghte and forthryghte meuynge.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 190 Having two points forth-right, not barbed like a Bees.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 265 Now in making feints, now in making forthright passes.

1865 C. J. Vaughan Words from Gospel 71 Must thine eye be thus roving thy forthright vision thus distracted?

1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 145 A headlong, forthright tide.

2. figurative. Going straight to the point, straightforward, unswerving, outspoken; also, unhesitating, dexterous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective]

aefauldOE

trueOE

true as steela1300

throlya1375

entirec1380

faithfula1382

entirelyc1400

single1519

sincere1533

sincere1539

simple-minded1556

Dunstable?1565

truthful?1567

single-hearted1574

single-minded1577

sound1580

downright1584

unaffected1592

real1597

plain-hearted1601

unartificial1603

free1619

honest1634

fair and square1636

round-dealing1642

wholehearted1657

down flata1663

well-designing1670

heart-whole1684

single-eyed1705

unsanctimoniousa1797

natural1825

bona fide1827

unfallacious1827

jannock1828

forthcoming1835

up and down1836

bonified1840

forthgoing1851

unhypocritical1854

forthright1855

upstanding1863

on the level1872

genuine1890

for real1954

upfront1967

1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 5 This low-pulsed forthright craftsman's hand of mine.

1867 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 22 In clear forthright manner of procedure..it resembles the work of Chaucer.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 261 The home-thrust of a forth~right word.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxii. 422 The practical, forthright, non-argumentative turn of his mind.

C. n.

A straight course or path; literal and figurative. (Chiefly after Shakespeare.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [noun]

cut1577

forthright1609

airline1813

beeline1828

crow-fly1846

crow-flight1875

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > straight or direct

rightOE

the (occasionally your, etc.) next wayc1330

forthright1609

highball1920

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 152 If you giue way, Or turne a side from the direct forth right.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 3 Here's a maze trod indeede Through fourth rights, & Meanders.

1880 R. Browning Clive in Dramatic Idyls 12 Thought..Notes this forthright, that meander.

1884 Bp. Barry in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 409 Materialism with its maze of ‘forthrights and meanders’ is utterly at fault.

1887 J. R. Lowell Prose Wks. (1890) VI. 186 He has not allowed him~self to be lured from the direct forthright by any [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈforthrightly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [adverb]

outa1398

feelably?a1475

manifestlyc1475

livishly1530

lively1548

demonstratively1571

declaringly1583

exhibitively1611

manifestatively1649

ostensibly1762

ostensively1763

forthrightly1934

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Forthrightly.

1957 G. Ashe King Arthur's Avalon i. 32 The druids fortified their flocks with the doctrine of immortality. They taught it more forthrightly and dogmatically than any other priesthood in Europe.

1965 S. Gibbons in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis 98 These qualities come out forthrightly—as if, with a sigh of pleasure, all the brakes had been taken off—in his seven books for children, the Narnia stories.

1979 Daily Tel. 28 July 10/5 We might take the initiative..in forthrightly defending our principles in the international fora.

1985 New Yorker 11 Mar. 68/1 He bought a rubber plantation..and forthrightly christened it Fordlandia.

ˈforthrightness n. the quality of being forthright; straightforwardness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness

plainness1465

plain dealinga1529

freeness1548

roundness1557

ingenuity1614

apertness1618

downrightness1628

unconspiringness1661

frankness1668

even downa1679

undisguise1804

forthcomingness1808

undisguisedness1814

overtness1865

forthrightness1873

1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 123 Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. xii. 225 He..carried into his arguments that intensity and forthrightness which awaken dormant opposition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	forthright
释义	forthrightadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˈfɔːθrʌɪt/, /ˌfɔːθˈrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrθˌraɪt/, /ˌfɔrθˈraɪt/ Inflections: rarely with adverbial gen. -s forthrights. Etymology: < forth adv. + right adj., right adv., in Old English riht , rihte : compare downright adv., adj., and n. archaic. A. adv. 1. a. Directly forward, in or towards the front, straight before one. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adverb] forth847 righteOE forthrighta1000 rightlyOE anonOE evenc1300 even-forthc1300 straight13.. streck13.. gainc1330 streckly1340 right fortha1382 straightly1395 evenly?c1400 outrightc1400 straightway1461 endlong1470 fair1490 directly1513 fulla1529 forth on1529 straightforth1530 directedly1539 aright?a1560 direct1568 endways1575 point-blank1607 progressivelya1716 unswervingly1805 straightforward1809 undeviatingly1812 undeviously1813 slap1829 arrow-straight1831 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > directly forwards forthrighta1000 outrightc1400 foreright1495 straight forth1536 straightforwardsa1555 an-end1601 fair and square1805 straightforward1809 fairly and squarely1827 a1000 Ags. Gloss. in Haupt Zeitschr. IX. 406 Indeclinabiliter, forðrihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 763 Brutus..iwende forð-rihtes. to þon ilke weie þer him iwised wes. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 295 She mighte loke in no visage Of man or woman forth-right pleyn. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. ii. 104 That heryth not only fourth ryght but all abowte. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. R2 He euer going so iust with the horse, either foorth right, or turning. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 610 Now forthright, and now in Orbits wheel'd. 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 73 Until, impatient in embarrassment, He forthright pass'd. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. viii. 153 Reach the good man your hand, my girl: forth~right from the shoulder, like a brave boxer. †b. Straight out, horizontally. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adverb] endlong1393 grovelling1562 flatling1605 levelly1610 forthright1640 horizontally1646 horizontically1692 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 356 The fruite..standing some forthright, and some upright. 2. Straightway, immediately, at once. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2481 He..wollde forrþrihht hire himm fra All stillelike shædenn. a1225 St. Marher. 15 Ant tenne some agulteð eawiht [sc. ha moten] gan anan forðriht þæt ha [etc.]. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S6 Whose dore forthright, To him did open, as it had beene taught. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vii. sig. I2 You may see some slaine forthright with the thrust of the speare. 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese A ribibo, forthright, as it were carelesly. 1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse 49 Forthright upon his steed [he] Leapt. B. adj. 1. Proceeding in a straight course, directly in front of one, straight forward. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective] forthrightc1000 rightOE evenc1175 straightc1400 directa1500 right forth1561 outright1582 ungiddy1615 undeclined1638 forerighta1640 rectilinear1651 right-lined1702 rectilineala1774 arrow-straight1834 straightaway1874 point-to-point1930 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 222/30 Directanei, forðrihte. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. i. 345 Streyghte and forthryghte meuynge. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 190 Having two points forth-right, not barbed like a Bees. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. x. 265 Now in making feints, now in making forthright passes. 1865 C. J. Vaughan Words from Gospel 71 Must thine eye be thus roving thy forthright vision thus distracted? 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 145 A headlong, forthright tide. 2. figurative. Going straight to the point, straightforward, unswerving, outspoken; also, unhesitating, dexterous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 5 This low-pulsed forthright craftsman's hand of mine. 1867 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 22 In clear forthright manner of procedure..it resembles the work of Chaucer. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 261 The home-thrust of a forth~right word. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxii. 422 The practical, forthright, non-argumentative turn of his mind. C. n. A straight course or path; literal and figurative. (Chiefly after Shakespeare.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [noun] cut1577 forthright1609 airline1813 beeline1828 crow-fly1846 crow-flight1875 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > straight or direct rightOE the (occasionally your, etc.) next wayc1330 forthright1609 highball1920 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 152 If you giue way, Or turne a side from the direct forth right. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 3 Here's a maze trod indeede Through fourth rights, & Meanders. View more context for this quotation 1880 R. Browning Clive in Dramatic Idyls 12 Thought..Notes this forthright, that meander. 1884 Bp. Barry in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 409 Materialism with its maze of ‘forthrights and meanders’ is utterly at fault. 1887 J. R. Lowell Prose Wks. (1890) VI. 186 He has not allowed him~self to be lured from the direct forthright by any [etc.]. Derivatives ˈforthrightly adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adverb] outa1398 feelably?a1475 manifestlyc1475 livishly1530 lively1548 demonstratively1571 declaringly1583 exhibitively1611 manifestatively1649 ostensibly1762 ostensively1763 forthrightly1934 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Forthrightly. 1957 G. Ashe King Arthur's Avalon i. 32 The druids fortified their flocks with the doctrine of immortality. They taught it more forthrightly and dogmatically than any other priesthood in Europe. 1965 S. Gibbons in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis 98 These qualities come out forthrightly—as if, with a sigh of pleasure, all the brakes had been taken off—in his seven books for children, the Narnia stories. 1979 Daily Tel. 28 July 10/5 We might take the initiative..in forthrightly defending our principles in the international fora. 1985 New Yorker 11 Mar. 68/1 He bought a rubber plantation..and forthrightly christened it Fordlandia. ˈforthrightness n. the quality of being forthright; straightforwardness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness plainness1465 plain dealinga1529 freeness1548 roundness1557 ingenuity1614 apertness1618 downrightness1628 unconspiringness1661 frankness1668 even downa1679 undisguise1804 forthcomingness1808 undisguisedness1814 overtness1865 forthrightness1873 1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 123 Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. xii. 225 He..carried into his arguments that intensity and forthrightness which awaken dormant opposition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.a1000
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