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Definition: Straightforwardness |
StraightforwardnessNoun1. The quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness". 2. Without hypocrisy: "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "straightforwardness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references) |
Synonyms: StraightforwardnessSynonyms: downrightness (n), singleness (n). (additional references) |
| "Straightforwardness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Straightforwardness" is used about 15 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "straightforwardness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndershmëri (fair dealing, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, scrupulosity, truth, virtue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صراحة (candidness, candor, candour, directness, frankness, roundness, square, straightness), إستقامة (bluntness, consistency, honesty, integrity, justice, probity, propriety, rectitude, righteousness, sanity, squareness, straightness, virtue), بساطة (chastity, naturalness, plainness, rusticity, simplicity, triteness, unpretentiousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | честност (fair dealing, fairness, faith, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, loyalty, probity, rectitude, sportsmanship, straightness, truth), прямота (bluntness, candidness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, sincerity, straightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přímost (directness, straightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suorasukaisuus (outspokenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | simplicité, rectitude (straightness), franchise (straightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | offenheit (candidness, candor, candour, frankness, freedom, ingenuousness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, sincerity), einfachheit (austerity, elementariness, homeliness, humbleness, ordinariness, plainness, rudeness, simpleness, simplicity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εντιμότησ (squareness), εντιμότητα (rectitude, squareness), ευθύτησ (rectitude, squareness, uprightness), ευθύτητα (candor, candour, fairness, frankness, probity, squareness, straightness, uprightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ישר ות (common sense, uprightness), 'לוי לב (bluff, blunt, candid, candidness, candour, directness, expansive, frankness, openhearted, outspoken, sincerity, straightforward, unreserved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyenesség (directness, frankness, rectitude, sincerity, squareness, straight, straightness, uprightness), õszinteség (candidness, candor, candour, frankness, openness, sincerity, singleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | schiettezza (candidness, frankness), rettitudine (rectitude), linearit (dash, linearity), franchezza (bluntness, candidness, candor, candour, frankness, openness, outrightness, outspokenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ynrickys (correctness, directness, downrightness, faith, faithfulness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, integration, probity, sincerity, straightness, trustiness, truth, truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aightforwardnessstray lealitate (honesty). (various references) прямота (bluntness, candor, candour, directness, integrity, openness, plain dealing, rectitude, straight, uprightness). (various references) iskrenost (candidness, candor, candour, fair dealing, frankness, genuineness, heartiness, rectitude, sincerity). (various references) honradez (fair dealing, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, righteousness), franqueza (bluntness, candidness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, openness, outspokenness, plain dealing, plainness, single-mindedness). (various references) kolaylık (airiness, convenience, ease, easiness, facility, simplicity), doğruluk (accuracy, authenticity, candor, candour, correctitude, correctness, directness, evenness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, preciseness, precision, prig, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, soundness, straightness, trueness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, validity, veracity, Verity), dürüstlük (conscientiousness, correctitude, correctness, directness, erectness, evenness, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincereness, sincerity, squareness, straightness, truth, uprightness, veracity), açıklık (aperture, baldness, berth, clarity, clearance, clearness, definiteness, demonstrativeness, directness, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, erectness, evidence, fairness, gap, interstice, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, manifestness, obviousness, openness, palpability, patency, perspicuity, plainness, preciseness, publicity, rift, roundness, space, spread, the open, vacancy, yard). (various references) чесність (fair dealing, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, sincerity, straightness, uprightness), прямота (baldness, candor, candour, directness, explicitness, fair dealing, openness, roundness, sincerity). (various references) tính thẳng thắn (directness, downrightness, fairness, frankness, probity, sportiness, sportsmanship), tính th nh thật (open-heartedness, sincerity), tính cởi mở tính chất không phức tạp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "straightforwardness": straightforwardnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-g-h-i-n-o-r-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-w" | |
-3 letters: straightforwards. | |
-4 letters: straightforward. | |
-5 letters: northeastwards. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-f-g-h-i-n-o-r-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-w" | |
+2 letters: straightforwardnesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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