Meaning of FORTHRIGHT
| Pronunciation: | | 'fowrth`rIt
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- [adv] directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"
- [adj] characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
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| | Synonyms: | | blunt, candid, direct, forthrightly, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, squarely |
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\Forth"right`\ (? or ?), adv. [Forth, adv. + right,
adv.]
Straight forward; in a straight direction. [Archaic] --Sir P.
Sidney.
\Forth"right`\, a.
Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [Archaic]
--Lowell.
They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Piligrims
wight with steps forthright. --Emerson.
\Forth"right`\, n.
A straight path. [Archaic]
Here's a maze trod, indeed, Through forthrights and
meanders! --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | aboveboard, artless, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, dead, dead ahead, direct, directly, downright, due, due north, explicit, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, genuine, heart-to-heart, in a beeline, in line with, ingenuous, open, openhearted, outspoken, plain, plain dealing, plain-spoken, right, round, sincere, single, straight, straight across, straight ahead, straightforward, straightforwards, straightly, straight-out, transparent, unambiguous, unchecked, unconstrained, undeviatingly, undisguised, unequivocal, unguarded, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained, unswervingly, unvarnished, unveeringly |
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