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The quality of being direct and straightforward
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downrightness
Word definitions for downrightness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Downright \Down"right`\, a. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. A man of plain, downright character. --Sir W. Scott. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism. Syn: honest-to-goodness. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness" [syn: straightforwardness ]
Usage examples of downrightness.
The society was very simple compared with the complex condition of ours, and yet it had more striking contrasts, and was a singular mixture of downrightness and artificiality.