单词 | straightforwardness |
释义 | straightforwardnessn. The quality of being straightforward. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > straightforwardness or frankness openness1605 open-heartedness1611 ingenuity1614 frankness1668 unreservedness1713 straightforwardness1805 yaefauldness1864 outrightness1865 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > bluntness or matter-of-factness unmithea1325 roundness1568 plumpness1618 broadness1685 straightforwardness1805 matter-of-factness1816 flatness1887 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 46 He..wins his easy way to the reader's sympathy..by the straight-forwardness of his course. 1853 Landor Last Fruit, Louis Philippe & Guizot 14 The lover of straitforwardness and truth. 1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 51 In both plays there is a perfect unity of action, a perfect straightforwardness of design. 1911 A. C. Dixon in The Fundamentals V. 86 The Gospel writers..simply tell right out what they saw in all simplicity and straightforwardness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1805 |
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