Both Uses of
forthright
in
Lonesome Dove
- A forthright woman like Mary probably considers that she can give you all the experience you're ever likely to need.†
Chpt 11-12 *
- She was the kind of forthright woman who called men by their first names, and she was known to salt her speech rather freely with criticism.†
Chpt 11-12
Definitions:
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(1)
(forthright) directness (honest without subtlety or evasion)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, forthright may mean to proceed immediately as in: "I shall depart forthright."