directness

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

frankness straightness candor candour forthrightness candidness accuracy simplicity purity clarity innocence honesty openness sincerity intelligibility
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Antonyms

indirectness act chicane deepness cabala difficulty
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Hypernyms

characteristic honesty honestness

Hyponyms

immediacy ingenuousness immediateness pointedness downrightness straightforwardness

Examples

When will the church do her appointed work? She is represented as an angel of light, flying through heaven with the everlasting gospel to be proclaimed to the world. This represents the speed and directness with which the church is to prosecute her work. Ellen G. White

No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw. Jacques Barzun

I am sick of talking about What and Why I am doing. I have always believed that the WORK is the word. Action is seen less clearly through reason. There are no shortcuts to directness. Robert Rauschenberg

Mira sang of her love for Krishna with such simplicity and directness that in her songs millions have found a voice and echo of their own God-yearning. Meera Bai

What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public. Kazuo Ishiguro

Satire has a great big glaring target. If successful, it blasts a great big hole in the center. Directness there must be and singleness of aim: it is all aim, all trajectory. Wyndham Lewis

Close letter words and terms

directly to north directly to south directly towards the south directoire director director circle