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- 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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(forthright) honest and direct in speaking or behavior -- even when it’s uncomfortable
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, forthright may mean to proceed immediately as in: "I shall depart forthright."