noun
1. trueness of course toward a goal
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rivaling a hawk in directness of aim
• Syn: ↑straightness
• Ant: ↑indirectness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑straight (for: ↑straightness), ↑direct
• Hypernyms: ↑characteristic
• Hyponyms: ↑downrightness, ↑straightforwardness, ↑immediacy, ↑immediateness, ↑pointedness
2. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
• Syn: ↑candor, ↑candour, ↑candidness, ↑frankness, ↑forthrightness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑forthright (for: ↑forthrightness), ↑direct, ↑frank (for: ↑frankness), ↑candid (for: ↑candidness)
• Hypernyms: ↑honesty, ↑honestness
• Hyponyms: ↑ingenuousness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.