MEANING
Expressing views openly and directly without evasiveness.
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- forthright answer
- forthright criticism
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Her forthright answer spared them another hour of negotiation.
He offered forthright criticism without raising his voice.
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- forthright
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more forthright; superlative most forthright where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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