Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Directness
n
(idiomatic) As good as claims or reputation would suggest.
adv
Merely; only; no more or less than; neither more nor better than might be expected.
adv
Alternative spelling of all but [Very nearly; everything short of.]
adj
Completely straight; straight as an arrow.
adj
Absolute; downright; sheer.
adv
(UK, slang) blatantly; certainly; obviously
adj
Plain; evident.
adj
(simile) Totally clear; distinct and unmistakeable, as a bell's tone is clearly heard.
adj
(simile) Quite clear.
adj
(idiomatic) Straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic.
adj
(geometry) On the same straight line.
adj
Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain.
adj
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
adv
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
adj
Alternative spelling of equal-opportunity [(humorous) Targeting everyone indiscriminately.]
adv
Directly; flatly.
n
(archaic) A straight path.
adv
(informal) Without any other reason; only, just and nothing more.
adv
Nonstandard spelling of just. [Only, simply, merely.]
adv
(sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
adj
Straightforward; direct; clear.
adv
(colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
adj
(idiomatic, informal) not as bad as one is said to be
adv
(obsolete) Alternative form of in conscience [In fairness; by all that is reasonable.]
adj
Whole, entire.
n
(archaic) Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield.
adj
(simile) Extremely clear and plain to see.
adj
(simile) Extremely clear and plain to see.
adj
(simile) Very clear and evident.
adj
(simile) Very clear and straightforward.
adj
(simile) Very clear and evident.
adj
(simile) Very clear or obvious.
adj
(UK, simile, informal, dated) Very plain to see or understand; entirely obvious.
adj
Plain; obvious.
adv
(idiomatic) Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.
adv
In a direct manner, without hesitation.
adv
(colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.
adv
(now US regional) Wholly; really, completely.
adj
totally, or very, straight
adj
(archaic) Straight, not bent.
adj
(simile) In a perfect state; thoroughly sound.
adv
Absolutely; purely; quite.
adv
(philosophy, law, originally chiefly in Scots law) Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.
adv
(figuratively) In a direct, straightforward and honest manner.
adj
Abbreviation of straight. [Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.]
adj
(informal) Heterosexual, straight.
adj
(US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
adj
(education) Pertaining to one who makes straight As.
adv
directly ahead, without deviation
n
A path of honesty; procedure according to rules and plans.
n
(idiomatic) A person of conventional morality
adj
(simile) Completely or totally straight.
adj
(simile) Perfectly straight (immobile).
adv
(simile) Very straight; travelling in a very straight trajectory.
adj
Alternative spelling of straightforward [proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating]
adv
(idiomatic) Directly from the source; firsthand.
adj
(idiomatic, often hyphenated, chiefly of an act of communication) Done in a direct manner; blunt.
n
(typography) The usual form of the letter r (which is r), as contrasted with r rotunda (ꝛ).
n
(idiomatic) A person who is honest and forthright.
adv
Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly.
adj
Alternative spelling of straight A. [(education) Pertaining to one who makes straight As.]
adj
Alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder [(idiomatic, often hyphenated, chiefly of an act of communication) Done in a direct manner; blunt.]
n
Alternative form of straight shooter [(idiomatic) A person who is honest and forthright.]
adj
(colloquial) Actual; unambiguous; plain, with no bones about it.
adv
directly
adj
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
n
Alternative form of straighty [(informal) One who is straight (legally or morally abiding).]
adv
straight; on an unerring course; directly
n
(informal) One who is straight (legally or morally abiding).
adj
(Scotland) straight
adj
Obsolete spelling of straight [Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.]
adj
Extremely straight (in various senses).
adv
Just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.
adj
Erect, upright, or straight
adj
Alternative spelling of egalitarian [Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.]

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