Literary notes about forthright (AI summary)
The term “forthright” is employed to evoke a sense of directness in both action and speech, conveying a character’s unhesitating and unadorned manner. It is used to illustrate how a character might physically rise or move with determined swiftness—as when someone “rose forthright” to address a challenge [1, 2, 3]—or to describe a personality marked by candid, unembellished communication, as seen in remarks noted for their clear, unabashed tone [4, 5, 6]. Additionally, the word underscores moments where actions are delivered without delay or pretense, revealing an ethos of honesty and immediacy that enhances the narrative’s intensity [7, 8, 9].
- Then she arose forthright and withdrawing from the window, returned to her own place, whilst the Wazir's daughter went to her own occupations.
— from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 - Then he rose forthright and wrote letters and despatched them to all the islands of the sea.
— from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 - So he arose forthright and drawing his sword, stationed himself at the door of the king's pavilion.
— from Tales from the Arabic — Complete - He then opened the debate with a forthright speech for a Convention to ratify the new Constitution as it stood.
— from The Life of John Marshall, Volume 1: Frontiersman, soldier, lawmaker, 1755-1788 by Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah) Beveridge - Liked by his friends and colleagues for his frankness, there was a salt savour in his forthright speech—he never learned to play the courtier.
— from Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker - He was abrupt, forthright, and impatient.
— from Mrs. Balfame: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton - I will forthright send for it and give it thee."
— from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 - There is nothing so true, so sincere, so downright and forthright, as genius.
— from Among My Books. First Series by James Russell Lowell - With his usual forthright directness he spoke out.
— from Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
