Meaning of STRAIGHTNESS
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- [n] a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
- [n] having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"
- [n] trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
- [n] freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
- [n] of hair: lack of a tendency to curl
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| Synonyms: | | directness, good faith, heterosexualism, heterosexuality |
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| Antonyms: | | crookedness, curliness, indirectness | |
| See Also: | | characteristic, configuration, conformation, contour, curvature, curve, downrightness, form, honestness, honesty, immediacy, immediateness, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, shape, straightforwardness | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Straight"ness\, n.
The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the
straightness of a path.
\Straight"ness\, n.
A variant of {Straitness}.
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