straightforwardness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for straightforwardness
Noun
  • In all honesty, this look was well worth a double take.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 18 July 2025
  • The key to choosing the right type of evaluation is a high degree of self-awareness and honesty about what is likely to work best for the individual board members involved in the board evaluation process.
    Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • On the contrary, there’s a kind of sincerity to his reverence for beauty, for the erotic as art.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
  • Corenswet plays this youthful version of the Man of Steel with a sincerity that channels Gary Cooper more than Christopher Reeve.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The pace and directness of Elanga, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Ola Aina have been at the heart of head coach Nuno Espirito Santo’s ethos: be fiercely difficult to break down, hurt teams with rapier-like counter-attacks.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • Cassie Ventura Says Diddy Coerced Her Into ‘Freak Offs’ That Made Her Feel ‘Disgusting’ While Alexander-Arnold is a player who likes to create through his crossing and long-range passing, Frimpong prefers to use his speed and directness to get into dangerous positions.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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“Straightforwardness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightforwardness. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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