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Meaning of STRAIGHTNESS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
  2. [n]  having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"
  3. [n]  trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
  4. [n]  freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
  5. [n]  of hair: lack of a tendency to curl
 
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 Synonyms: directness, good faith, heterosexualism, heterosexuality
 
 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
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Straight"ness\, n.
    The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the
    straightness of a path.
    
  2. \Straight"ness\, n.
    A variant of {Straitness}.
    
 

 

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