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Forthright

[adj., n. fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-; adv. fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-, fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-]

adjective

going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense.

proceeding in a straight course; direct; straightforward: a forthright glance.

adverb Also, forth·right·ly.

straight or directly forward; in a direct or straightforward manner: He told us forthright just what his objections were.

straightaway; at once; immediately: He saw forthright that such an action was folly.

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noun

Archaic. a straight course or path.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English forthrihte. See forth, right

Related forms

forth·right·ness, noun

un·forth·right, adjective

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Most important of all, perhaps, is for patients to be honest and forthright.

But you can resolve among yourselves to be forthright with candidates on the subject.

Multinational corporations, she says, should stop apologising for capitalism and be more forthright about the benefits.

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Most important of all, perhaps, is for patients to be honest and forthright.

But you can resolve among yourselves to be forthright with candidates on the subject.

Multinational corporations, she says, should stop apologising for capitalism and be more forthright about the benefits.

Therefore, it must be destroyed by forthright public education and expose.

Eventually psychedelia and its complexity waned and was replaced by cleaner, more forthright designs.

He is also a virtuoso in a more conventional sense, a forthright singer, and an unabashedly cheerful performer.

That's because neither administration has been particularly forthright about what these offices are doing or intended to do.

Too forthright and too lucid for some, one imagines.

No one likes to eat humble pie, but you'll gain readers' trust and respect by being forthright.

After a courageous and forthright battle with emphysema.

Mainstream promoters of the language are less forthright.

Honest, unpretentious, forthright and loving life partner.

Chinese officials had been unusually forthright about the new economic order they wished to see.

And even a forthright correction, when crafted without careful attention to the perceptions it may create, can make things worse.

Her forthright advocacy, willingness to serve and gregarious personality will be missed by all of us.

Allen addresses in a forthright and convincing manner.

We have lost a forthright and courageous participant.

The candidate for chief financial officer at a fast-growing computer hardware company was forthright about his own money troubles.

The implied value being that lenders were deceptive or not completely forthright.

The lawyer says the informality introduced by the video link elicited more forthright testimony.

The story chronicles the relationship between a forthright mother and her young daughter.

She unravels a work's physical problems with apparent ease and then lays out the music in a forthright manner.

Just plainly refuse to write and be forthright about it.

The royal commission represented a forthright first step towards establishing accountability.

Marden has forsaken his wan, pale backgrounds for forthright robustness.

And he is forthright about the potential downsides of globalization.

America is more forthright about the regime's nastiness.

Beethoven as heard through his hands is a composer forthright and direct in expression and one who works efficiently to a plan.

If you want helpful dialogue, you need to be as forthright as possible.

But the speech, an articulate attack on the single currency, was able to be more forthright than anything his leader can offer.

Cameron's forthright embrace of its conclusions should be an.

Useful for all genders and much more forthright than most.

If his obtuse speechifying prompts a forthright discussion of gender bias in the.

Blair's reflections pertained to the need for world leaders to be honest and forthright when advocating a course of action.

There is something communicable in watching the simple pleasures of a forthright soul.

The suit detailed the allegedly predatory practices in strikingly forthright terms.

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World English Dictionary

forthright

—*adj*
1.	direct and outspoken

—*adv*
2.	in a direct manner; frankly
3.	at once

'forthrightness

—n

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Word Origin & History

forthright

O.E. forðriht; see forth + right. Related: Forthrightness.

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"The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians."

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