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Definition: Straightforwardly |
StraightforwardlyAdverb1. With firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "straightforwardly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: StraightforwardlySynonyms: foursquare (adv), squarely (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Straightforwardly |
| English words defined with "straightforwardly": foursquare ♦ squarely. (references) |
| "Straightforwardly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Straightforwardly" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 65 | 41,645 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "straightforwardly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو مستقيم (uprightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 直接地 (Directly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ehrliche (honestly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | semplicemente (just, merely, plain, simply), onestamente (fairly, frankly, honestly, virtuously), in modo lineare, francamente (frankly, openly, outright, plain, roundly, straight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一筋 (a line, blindly, earnestly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひとすじ (a line, blindly, earnestly), ひとすき (a line, blindly, earnestly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 똑"르게 (Straightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aightforwardlystray direct (bluff, bluntly, candidly, categorical, direct, directly, due, fair, first hand, flat, formal, frankly, full, immediate, official, open, openly, outright, plump, straight, straightforward, straightly, straightway, through). (various references) ตรงไปตรงมา (candid, direct, foursquare, straight, straightforward), ตรงไปข้างหน้า (straightforward). (various references) delikanlı gibi (with the gloves off, without gloves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 1, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai wmologhsen kai ouk hrnhsato kai wmologhsen oti ouk eimi egw o cristoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et confessus est et non negavit et confessus est quia non sum ego Christus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & he cydde & ne wið-soc & þus cwæð.ne eum (sic) ic na crist. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | He knoulechide, and denyede not, and he knoulechide, For Y am not Crist. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he confessed and denyed not and sayde playnly: I am not Christ. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 1, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Siya mitug-an, siya wala maglimod; hinonoa mitug-an siya nga nag-ingon, "Ako dili mao ang Cristo." |
| Chinese | 他 就 明 說 、 並 不 隱 瞞 . 明 說 、 我 不 是 基 督 。 |
| Croatian | on prizna; ne zanijeka, nego prizna: "Ja nisam Krist." |
| Danish | Og han bekendte og nægtede ikke, og han bekendte: "Jeg er ikke Kristus." |
| Dutch | En hij beleed en loochende het niet; en beleed: Ik ben de Christus niet. |
| Finnish | Ja hän tunnusti eikä kieltänyt; ja hän tunnusti: "Minä en ole Kristus". |
| French | Il déclara, et ne le nia point, il déclara qu`il n`était pas le Christ. |
| German | Und er bekannte und leugnete nicht; und er bekannte: Ich bin nicht Christus. |
| Haitian Creole | Jan pa t' refize reponn yo, li di yo kareman devan tout moun: Se pa mwen ki Kris la. |
| Hungarian | És megvallá és nem tagadá; és megvallá, hogy: Nem én vagyok a Krisztus. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yohanes mengaku dengan terus terang, "Saya bukan Raja Penyelamat." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka mengakulah ia, dan tiada ia bersangkal; maka mengakulah ia demikian, "Aku ini bukannya Kristus itu." |
| Maori | Na ka whakina e ia, kihai i whakakahore, i whaki hoki, Ehara ahau i a te Karaiti. |
| Norwegian | Da bekjente han og nektet ikke; han bekjente: Jeg er ikke Messias. |
| Portuguese | Ele, pois, confessou e não negou; sim, confessou: Eu não sou o Cristo. |
| Rumanian | El a mqrturisit wi n`a tqgqduit: a mqrturisit cq nu este el Hristosul. |
| Russian | пО П'ЯСЧЙМ, Й ОЕ ПФТЕЛУС, Й П'ЯСЧЙМ, ЮФП С ОЕ иТЙУФПУ. |
| Shuar | Inintruiniakui paant ujakmiayi. "Wikia Krístuchuitjai" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Yohane hakukataa kujibu swali hilo, bali alisema waziwazi, "Mimi siye Kristo." |
| Swedish | Han svarade öppet och förnekade icke; han sade öppet: "Jag är icke Messias." |
| Uma | Yohanes mpotompoi' -ra hante kalonto' -lonto' -na, na'uli' -raka: "Bela-kuwo aku' Magau' Topetolo'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "straightforwardly" (pronounced strā'tfô"rwerdlē) |
| 5 | -w er d l ē | awkwardly, downwardly, inwardly, outwardly, upwardly. |
| 4 | -er d l ē | cowardly, dastardly, haphazardly, niggardly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, badly, baldly, belatedly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, candidly, coldly, contentedly, crudely, cuddly, deadly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, Diddley, doggedly, evenhandedly, excitedly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, guardedly, hardly, heatedly, hurriedly, idly, kindly, loudly, madly, markedly, medley, mildly, oddly, otherworldly, placidly, pointedly, profoundly, proudly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, Ridley, rigidly, roundly, rudely, ruggedly, sadly, secondly, shrewdly, solidly, soundly, splendidly, stupidly, supposedly, thirdly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unfriendly, ungodly, unprecedentedly, validly, vividly, weirdly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, widely, wildly, worldly, wretchedly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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| Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-g-h-i-l-o-r-r-r-s-t-t-w-y" | |
-2 letters: straightforward. | |
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