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She was characteristically forthright.forthright = honest and direct
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She appreciated his forthright answer, even though it wasn’t what she wanted to hear.
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I will do my best to answer these questions in a complete and forthright manner.
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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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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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Young girls have become more forthright than they used to be, although no better at punctuation.† (source)
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"I am Katherine Tyler," she answered forthrightly.† (source)
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She wasn't unlike Kirsten in this fashion, but while my sister's forthrightness always made me uneasy, Sophie's was different.† (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)unforthrightly = not honest or directstandard 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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She'd been direct and forthright about his responsibilities: "I want you to spend the rest of your life in abject mourning," she'd said.† (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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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)
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He answered unforthrightly, "Mary Hudson."† (source)
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Compared to Yang, Lei was closer to her image of a real military officer, possessing a soldier's frank and forthright manners.† (source)
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"It's for me," I said forthrightly.† (source)
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