Sample Sentences for
forthright
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    The Abnegation aren't manipulative, but they aren't forthright, either.  (source)
    forthright = direct or straight forward
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    His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin, an austere declaration of the motto on the wall behind him: he warned his flock against the evils of heady brews, gambling, and strange women.  (source)
    forthright = direct (without subtlety)
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    Dan knew that he hadn't been fully forthright with them about things.†  (source)
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    Mrs. Shigemura was open and forthright with Hatsue about matters of a sexual nature.†  (source)
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    "I am Katherine Tyler," she answered forthrightly.†  (source)
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    He'd never touched her and her hand was small and her waist so slight and she looked at him with great forthrightness and smiled and put her face against his shoulder.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    He answered unforthrightly, "Mary Hudson."†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unforthrightly means not and reverses the meaning of forthrightly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    And then, in that honest, forthright way of hers, she gave her reasons.†  (source)
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    Evidently no one had ever spoken to Beatrice so forthrightly, for she appeared to be in a state of shock.†  (source)
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    Her forthrightness in the face of the disaster into which I had dragged my family had been impressive—she had informed her coworkers and her friends about my situation.†  (source)
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    Though Sofia was only staying with the Count for a matter of weeks, there was always the possibility that, before Nina's return, some bureaucrat would become aware of her residency and forbid it.... And finally, in the interests of being utterly forthright, it should be added that the Count was worried about the following morning—when, having nibbled her biscuit and stolen his strawberries, Sofia would once again climb into his chair and look back at him with her dark blue eyes.†  (source)
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    All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit.†  (source)
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    I would emerge glossy and shiny from the Institute as a man to serve my country in any way I could, but with absolute devotion and forthrightness.†  (source)
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