STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does straightforwardness mean? 

• STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS (noun)
  The noun STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being direct and straightforward

2. without hypocrisy

  Familiarity information: STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being direct and straightforward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

downrightness; straightforwardness

Context example:

what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness

Hypernyms ("straightforwardness" is a kind of...):

directness; straightness (trueness of course toward a goal)

Derivation:

straightforward (without evasion or compromise)

straightforward (free from ambiguity)

straightforward (without concealment or deception; honest)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without hypocrisy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

singleness; straightforwardness

Context example:

the singleness of his motives could not be questioned

Hypernyms ("straightforwardness" is a kind of...):

sincerity (the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical)

Derivation:

straightforward (without evasion or compromise)

 Context examples 

One was struck at once by his straightforwardness and manliness, which, in turn, were tempered by a modesty which might be mistaken for timidity.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)