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forthright
[ adjective noun fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-; adverb 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
- 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.
noun
- Archaic. a straight course or path.
forthright
adjective
- direct and outspoken
adverb
- in a direct manner; frankly
- at once
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Derived Forms
- ˈforthˌrightness, noun
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Other Words From
- forthrightness noun
- un·forthright adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of forthright1
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Example Sentences
Well, McConnell made Romney look like an ironman of forthright constancy.
If anything, that seemed to encourage him to be even more forthright on Twitter.
Nobody else was as forthright with me about this touchy topic.
But, he said with a grimace, “I do judge by my meetings with people how forthright they are.”
It is customary for political campaigns to keep their most forthright views in-house.
Yet he often wrote with a forthright power, naked and unadorned, which could dispense with the aid of literary artifices.
Then the guards 434 entered and told the Sultan, who bade bring them before him forthright into the Divan.
When it did, he pulled up short in his stride, as if he had come physically against some forthright obstruction.
But when his hand touched that upon which his head had been resting he cried out suddenly and struggled forthright to his feet.
Any article I may put to its forthright use in actuality becomes an idyllic toy when I find it in the Back of a magazine.
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