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directness

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Di`rect´ness
n.1.The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
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Noun1.directness - trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
straightness
characteristic - a distinguishing quality
downrightness, straightforwardness - the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness"
immediacy, immediateness - lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"
pointedness - the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing; "the pointedness of his sarcasm was unmistakable"
indirectness - having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
2.directness - the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candidness, candour, forthrightness, frankness, candor
honestness, honesty - the quality of being honest
ingenuousness - openly straightforward or frank
directness
noun honesty, candour, frankness, sincerity, plain speaking, bluntness, outspokenness, forthrightness, straightforwardness
Translations
directness [dɪˈrɛktnɪs] n [of person, speech] → franqueza
directness [daɪˈrɛktnɪs] n [of person, speech] → franchise f
directness [daɪˈrɛktnɪs] direct n → Direktheit f
directness [daɪˈrɛktnɪs] n [of person, speech] → franchezza


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The natural strength of such literature will, of course, be in the line of its tendencies; in transparency, variety, and directness.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
But the chief peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
(It was impossible now to doubt the directness of Dorothea's confession.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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