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Meaning of FORTHRIGHTNESS

Pronunciation:  f`orthr'Itnus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
 
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 Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, frankness
 
 See Also: honestness, honesty, ingenuousness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Forth"right`ness\, n.
Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic]
      Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. --Hawthorne.
 

 

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