forthrightness

Variant of forthright

forthright definition

forth·right (fôrt̸h′ rīt′)

adjective

  1. Archaic going straight forward
  2. straightforward; direct; frank

Etymology: ME < OE forth riht: see forth & right

adverb

  1. straight forward; directly onward
  2. Archaic immediately; at once

noun

Archaic a straight path or course

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