forthright.
Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
Meaning & usage
Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.
Frank, outspoken.
Markedly simple.
Fixed; settled; decided.
Proceeding straight forth.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English forþright, forþriʒt, forþriht, from Old English forþriht (“direct, plain”). By surface analysis, forth + right.
A straight path.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English forþright, forþriʒt, forþriht, from Old English forþriht (“direct, plain”). By surface analysis, forth + right.
Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.
At once, forthwith.
Swiftly.
Straight forward, in a straight direction.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English forthright, forþriʒt, forthricte, from Old English forþrihte (“straightway, at once, plainly”), from forþriht + -e (“adverbial suffix”). By surface analysis, forth + right.
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