Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Proceeding in a straight course; direct.
- adj. Not circuitous or evasive; honest and frank. See Synonyms at frank1.
- adj. Free from ambiguity or pretense; plain and open.
- adv. In a direct course or an honest manner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Directly forward; right ahead.
- Direct; leading directly forward or onward.
- Characterized by uprightness, honesty, or frankness; honest; frank; open; without deviation or prevarication: as, a straightforward course; a straightforward person, character, or answer.
Wiktionary
- adj. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
- adv. In a straightforward manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. free from ambiguity
- adj. without concealment or deception; honest.
- adj. without evasion or compromise
- adj. pointed directly ahead
Etymologies
- From straight + forward. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I found both the wine and the label straightforward and well-made: a stylish typeface and two gold squiggles.”
“The governor announced the proposal, which he called "straightforward and fair," in a press release, an email to supporters and a Twitter post Monday.”
“The lawyers for the men, however, said religion played no role in what they described as a straightforward scuffle over an accidental nudge on a train.”
“They said authorities also misinterpreted what they called a straightforward business transaction.”
“(The classic one, though not quite straightforward, is a trust agreement.)”
“Murder Book was Los Angeles cops and robbers, in other words a straightforward genre novel, although it arose out of real and true experiences”
“For the most part, Palladio worked in straightforward plans and elevations, using only a bit of shading to indicate curves and depth.”
The Washington Post: Andrea Palladio's influential architecture at National Building Museum
“Stylistically depicted or plain straightforward language?”
“Much more straightforward is George and Ira Gershwin's classic from 1937, wherein differing regional pronunciations of potato and tomato first attack but then seal forever a strong new love.”
The Guardian: Readers recommend songs about vegetables: The results
“Both of those sorta skip over what actually happened, which has already been explained to you in straightforward cause and effect terms.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘straightforward’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
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words that I find intimidating.
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
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Mollusque's miscellany
A mixture of words that I like or have commented on, along with ones parked here so they'd be listed somewhere or remind me of lists I want to make.
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my dictionary
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
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Words of shame...
The ones that passed unattended. Ours is the shame, not theirs.
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MEC4 Lesson 154
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Adjectives That Describe Me
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