straightforwardness

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Recent Examples of straightforwardness Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straightforwardness
Noun
  • Rose, who's written for Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, praised Yearwood's instinct and honesty.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But outside the Manhattan martini lunches, Cattrall brings some of that same honesty to her own journey.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Several applauded Clark’s transparency and sincerity.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Critics after the screening agreed that when given a character perfectly tailored to his strengths (cocky sincerity, charismatic twerpiness), Timmy is a live wire.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pace was central to everything good about Forest, who were set up to hit opposition with explosive speed and directness on the counter-attack through players such as Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In films like that, the cultural commentary comes more from metaphor than with the bluntness and directness of The Purge.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The recording of that release as depicted in the documentary is the balancing light to the overwhelming dark Osbourne experienced in his later years, a series of illnesses, hospitalizations, frustrations and ceaseless pain shown with unblinking frankness.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Collier, who was injured during the playoff series, read from a prepared statement that shocked everyone watching—if not for its contents, for its frankness.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For parents, the name of the game is forthrightness.
    Nona Han, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In films like that, the cultural commentary comes more from metaphor than with the bluntness and directness of The Purge.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There’s been a bluntness all season to the Hermits’ chats that ordinarily might grate on me.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Straightforwardness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightforwardness. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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