as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
his directness is much appreciated by his patients
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Recent Examples of directness
Some want directness and stats, some just want to chat about their family.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
And there’s a kind of directness and simplicity, and everything is devoted to the action.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Unlike the first company, which thrived on directness and discipline, this organization operated in a space of cordial hypocrisy, where conflict was avoided at all costs and resentment festered.
—Margaret Graziano, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Take the lead and then play with urgency, speed and directness on the counter-attack.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
And there’s a kind of directness and simplicity, and everything is devoted to the action.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Unlike the first company, which thrived on directness and discipline, this organization operated in a space of cordial hypocrisy, where conflict was avoided at all costs and resentment festered.
—Margaret Graziano, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Take the lead and then play with urgency, speed and directness on the counter-attack.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for directness
Noun
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Pet names can be love, but love without honesty is just sugar without substance.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Vasquez also stressed the importance of public trust, transparency and honesty in rebuilding city departments’ credibility.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Learn more about how self-trust and interpersonal trust is earned through: care, competence, sincerity, and reliability.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
15 May 2025
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Vince Vaughn brings an unforced sincerity to the role of inexperienced entrepreneur Joey Scaravella, and the four nonnas (grandmothers) who join him in his unconventional culinary enterprise are played by Lorraine Bracco, Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire and Brenda Vacarro — heavy hitters moving nimbly.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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The art of confessional songwriting is flourishing thanks to a wave of artists—Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA—whose lyrical candor creates an intense sense of closeness between listener and artist.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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The stories sit like figures in a painting by Alice Neel, if all the camaraderie in Neel’s work were drained out: staring straight ahead, some steely, some yearning, countenances slightly askew, drawn with thick streaks of candor, elbows jutting sideways.—
Audrey Wollen,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Directness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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