straightnessn.
/ˈstreɪtnɪs/ The quality of being straight, in various senses of the adjective.
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rightnesseOE
rectitude?a1425
straightness1530
directness1598
straighta1644
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/1 Streightnesse rightnesse, droicteur.
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. E.5 This is the offyce of a man of armes:..in all chaunces to kepe streyghtnesse and honesty.
1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. i. 2 The right rule whereby the Artificer and the Architect doe iudge the straightnesse of euerie mans worke.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 7 We do not reckon it a crooked thing, which though forcibly bended..presently recovers its former straightness.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ix. 283 The straightness and purity of the girl's purpose upheld her.
1915 W. K. Holmes Ballads of Field & Billet 49 He likes to boast to youngsters of his age, The straightness of his back, his sight, his health.
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