Literary notes about Straightforward (AI summary)
The term "straightforward" is used to evoke a sense of clarity and candor in both character depiction and narrative style. Often, it suggests a person who is open, honest, and unburdened by deceit, highlighting a moral integrity or a natural simplicity in behavior [1, 2, 3]. At other times, it denotes a manner of communication that is direct and unambiguous, whether in offering personal criticism or laying out ideas clearly without resorting to elaborate subterfuge [4, 5, 6]. In narrative contexts, its use can impart a plain, uncomplicated progression of events, contrasting with more elaborate or obscure treatments of subject matter [7, 8, 9]. Overall, the word "straightforward" enriches literary expression by emphasizing authenticity and an unadorned immediacy in both dialogue and description [10, 11, 12].
- At the same time, he did not conceal his religious, or, rather, anti-Jewish tendencies, as he was always open and straightforward.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - I regret to say I have not been always quite straightforward with women, but in my relations with the Russian government I've always been a gentleman.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - He was, moreover, well educated, and eagerly assimilated information, and was very straightforward, earnest, and trustworthy.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner - I have found that there is a large element in the South that is quick to respond to straightforward, honest criticism of any wrong policy.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington - "If I ask you a few straightforward questions about Miss Lucy Graham, madam," he said.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon - But for God’s sake, be quite straightforward with me.”
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - I think I can sum up the whole of the preceding reflections in two or three maxims, definite, straightforward, and easy to understand.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The formula exists well enough in a certain sense, but its development does not follow a straightforward course.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson - For a time I would feel I belonged still to a world of straightforward facts; but the feeling would not last long.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - ‘Mr. Pickwick, I thank you most heartily for all your kindness to my son,’ said old Mr. Winkle, in a bluff, straightforward way.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - His turn came; and he arose and made a clear, straightforward argument, which, to my mind, disposed of the whole subject.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - You are always an honourable and straightforward fellow, as far as lays in your power, though a little flighty.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
