- forthrightness
- noun see forthright II
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forthrightness
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Forthrightness — Forth right ness, n. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Dante s concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forthrightness — index candor (straightforwardness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
forthrightness — forthright ► ADJECTIVE ▪ direct and outspoken. DERIVATIVES forthrightly adverb forthrightness noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
forthrightness — See forthrightly. * * * … Universalium
forthrightness — noun The characteristic or quality of being forthright … Wiktionary
forthrightness — n. directness, straightforwardness; openness, frankness … English contemporary dictionary
forthrightness — forth·right·ness … English syllables
forthrightness — noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech • Syn: ↑candor, ↑candour, ↑candidness, ↑frankness, ↑directness • Derivationally related forms: ↑forthright, ↑direct ( … Useful english dictionary
forthright — forthrightness, n. adj., n. /fawrth ruyt , fohrth /; adv. /fawrth ruyt , fohrth , fawrth ruyt , fohrth /, adj. 1. going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It s sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense. 2. proceeding … Universalium
credible witness — n. A trustworthy witness whose testimony is believable. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. credible witness A witness whose testimony is … Law dictionary
