About The Word Directness

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Directness

Directness Meaning & Definition
Directness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Directness?

[n] trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Directness: straightness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Directness: appropriateness | artlessness | Atticism | austerity | baldness | bareness | bluffness | bluntness | broadness | brusqueness | candidness | candor | chasteness | chastity | childlikeness | clarity | classicalism | classicism | clear-cutness | clearness | coherence | comeliness | common speech | connectedness | consistency | correctness | crystallinity | definition | dignity | discrimination | distinction | distinctness | ease | elegance | elegancy | explicitness | felicitousness | felicity | finish | fittingness | flatness | flow | flowing periods | fluency | forthrightness | frankness | freedom | freeness | genuineness | good taste | grace | gracefulness | gracility | guilelessness | homespun | horizontalness | household words | inartificiality | ingenuousness | innocence | leanness | limpidity | lineality | linearity | lucidity | matter-of-factness | naiveness | naivete | naivety | naturalness | neatness | openheartedness | openness | outspokenness | pellucidity | perspicuity | plain dealing | plain English | plain speaking | plain speech | plain style | plain words | plainness | plainspokenness | polish | propriety | prosaicness | prosiness | purity | rectilinearity | refinement | restrainedness | restraint | roundness | rustic style | seemliness | severity | simpleheartedness | simplemindedness | simpleness | simplicity | sincerity | single-heartedness | single-mindedness | singleness of heart | smoothness | soberness | spareness | starkness | straightforwardness | straightness | structure | taste | tastefulness | terseness | transparency | transpicuity | trustfulness | unadorned style | unadornedness | unaffectedness | unambiguousness | unassumingness | unconstraint | unequivocalness | unguardedness | unimaginativeness | unmistakableness | unpoeticalness | unpretentiousness | unreserve | unrestraint | unsophisticatedness | unsophistication | unsuspiciousness | unswervingness | unwariness | vernacular | verticalness

See Also | characteristic | downrightness | immediacy | immediateness | straightforwardness

Directness In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*rect"ness\, n. The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

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