as in openly
in an honest and direct manner
straightforwardly yet compassionately, the doctor tells his cancer patients what their odds for survival are
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straightforwardly
Adverb
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This new amplifier is controlled using the Pro-Ject Home smartphone app, which makes setting everything up straightforward.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025 -
The solution seemed straightforward: provide therapy, housing, education, and job placement.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The back support was there, and as someone who’s five eleven, that was sincerely appreciated.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
1 Aug. 2025
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This, to me, is sincerely one of the greatest places that anyone could visit.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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The consequence on Saturday was simply stress testing baseball’s best bullpen and dropping the Padres a game behind the Dodgers in the NL West.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Or, for that matter, does Jimmy Butler turn into Jimmy Butler and simply take the night off?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Maria’s studies were abruptly cut short in 2018, when a new out-of-state tuition policy took effect, tripling the cost per credit and putting college out of reach.—
Nicol Leon,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Instead, Lugo abruptly has gone from a 2.95 ERA before the extension to giving up 15 runs in 12.2 innings for a 10.66 ERA in his three starts since the trade deadline.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The mother of her French host family cooked simply and honestly each night with ingredients in season in Burgundy.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2025
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Malcolm appears to have a genuine crush on Ellen and honestly seems like a nice guy as far as clan dudes go.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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An artist with a pulse on the odd, the offbeat and just plain strange, Burton had for decades been approached about fashioning Charles Addams’ celebrated New Yorker drawings into his sphere.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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Many uber-thick soles are also just plain unstable.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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Putin appeared to warn European leaders and Zelensky to stay out of the way of what was a work-in-progress, even though the fate of Ukraine impacts them directly.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Straightforwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightforwardly. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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