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straightforwardadjective going straight to the point clearly and firmlya straightforward account of the football game with no digressions or personal comments direct, forthright, foursquare, plain, straight aboveboard, candid, frank, free-spoken, honest, open, openhearted, outspoken, plainspoken, unguarded, unreservedartless, earnest, sincereuninhibited, unrestrainedabrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque(also brusk), curt, gruff, point-blank, sharpimpolite, inconsiderate, rude, tactless, undiplomatictrue, truthful, veracious circuitous, indirect, roundabout circumlocutory, long-winded, prolix, verbose, wordyinhibited, reserved, restrainedcivil, courteous, polite, tactfuldeceitful, lying, mendacious, untruthfulerroneous, fallacious, falseambiguous, equivocal, evasive, misleadingdouble-dealing, hypocritical, two-faced free from irregularities or digressions in coursethe missile continued on its straightforward path toward the enemy's command post direct, linear, right, straight, straightaway unbent, uncurled, untwistedundeviating, unswerving bowed, roundedentwined, kinked, swirled, turned, turning, twined, twining, twisted, twisting, veering, warpedbending, coiled, coiling, corkscrew, curled, curling, curved, curving, looped, looping, spiral, spiraling(or spiralling), wavy, windingmeandering, weavingdevious, serpentine, sinuouscrooked, zigzag, zigzagging free in expressing one's true feelings and opinionsI want you to be straightforward with me and tell me if this dress looks awful candid, direct, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, freehearted, honest, open, openhearted, out-front, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straight, unguarded, unreserved, up-front artless, earnest, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive(or naïve), natural, real, sincere, unaffected, undesigning, unpretending, unpretentiousoutgoing, uninhibited, unrestrainedvocal, vociferousabrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque(also brusk), crusty, curt, gruff, sharpimpertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, tactless, thoughtless, uncivil, undiplomatic, ungracious, unmannerly, unsubtle dissembling, uncandid, unforthcoming inhibited, reserved, restrainedclose-mouthed, laconic, quiet, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicativeambiguous, circuitous, equivocal, evasivediplomatic, politic, tactfulcivil, considerate, courteous, polite not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretationthe distinction between the two types of offenses is pretty straightforward apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandableself-evident, self-explanatoryclean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicatedovert, undisguisedappreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangiblediscernible(also discernable), noticeable, observable, visibleblack-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-definedclean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic(also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowableimpalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensiblecloudy, gauzy, gray(also grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommittal, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vagueillegible, undecipherable, unreadable straightforwardadverbalso straightforwardsin an honest and direct mannershe finally told him straightforward that she wasn't interested in a date directly, forthrightly, foursquare, plain, plainly, straight, straightforwardly baldly, bluffly, candidly, frankly, honestly, openheartedly, openly, unguardedly, unreservedlyartlessly, earnestly, simply, sincerelyabruptly, bluntly, brusquely, curtly, gruffly, point-blank, sharplyimpolitely, inconsiderately, rudely, tactlesslytruthfully, veraciously long-windedly, verbosely, wordilycivilly, courteously, diplomatically, politely, tactfullydeceitfully, mendaciously, untruthfullyerroneously, fallaciously, falsely, hypocritically, insincerelyambiguously, circuitously, equivocally, evasively, indirectly in 1790 |