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单词 straightforwardly
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straightforwardlyadv.

Etymology: -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: straightˈforwardly.
In a straightforward manner.
1. Honestly, frankly, without reserve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adverb] > straightforwardly or frankly
openlya1200
simplyc1325
plainlyc1390
frankly?1553
open-heartedly1611
heart-to-heart1654
unreservedly1708
straightforwardly1839
single-heartedly1857
straight1961
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb]
utterly?c1225
entirelya1340
faithlyc1350
without (but) feigningc1380
clearly1389
whollyc1390
unfeigninglyc1400
entirec1430
unfeigneda1469
without coloura1513
honestly1526
singly1526
unfeignedly1526
uncolourably1541
bona fide1542
frankly?1553
sincerely1560
squarely1564
uprightly1565
square1577
single-mindedly1579
undissemblinglyc1585
above board1599
fair and square1604
downright1607
downrightly1632
really1641
uncasuistly1649
honest1654
up tro1654
plain-heartedly1675
unaffectedly1677
straightforwardly1839
wholeheartedly1845
unfallaciously1852
up and down1854
single-heartedly1857
unflatteringly1874
uncynically1895
square on1963
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 279 The question was even put to it straightforwardly, whether it pretended, or not, to circumscribe the royal authority.
1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 429 He avoided..having any thing to do with two-faced persons, who did not go simply and straightforwardly to work in their transactions.
1903 De Blowitz Mem. 234 The friend who unfortunately, and quite straightforwardly, led us into this frightful speculation.
2. In consecutive order, without digression or intricacy.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb]
shortlyc893
brieflya1300
shortc1374
in sumc1384
compendiously1398
in brief1423
roundlya1516
succinctly?1537
brief1557
succinct1593
abbreviately1599
compactly1603
laconically1631
presslya1637
compactedly1649
curtly1654
concisely1686
laconicly1709
straightforwardly1874
scantly1885
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] > straightforwardly or directly
platc1375
in short and plainc1386
plaina1387
platlyc1390
in (also at, on, unto) (a, the) plainc1395
roundc1405
homelya1413
directly1509
roundly1528
point-blank1598
in good set termsa1616
broadly1624
crudely1638
plain downa1640
plumply1726
plumpa1734
squably1737
straightforward1809
unvarnishedly1824
pine-blank1834
blankly1846
squarely1860
straight out1874
straightforwardly1906
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxvii. 12 I do not pretend to tell you straightforwardly all the laws of nature respecting the conduct of men; but some of those laws I know [etc.].
1906 Daily Chron. 16 July 3/2 ‘Bess of the Woods’ is a quite straightforwardly told tale of the life of well-to-do country folk in the eighteenth century.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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