Define the word forthright"Forthright" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Forthright \Forth"right`\ (? or ?), adv. [Forth, adv. + right,
adv.]
Straight forward; in a straight direction. [Archaic] --Sir P.
Sidney.
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"Forthright" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Forthright \Forth"right`\, a.
Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man. [Archaic]
--Lowell.
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They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Piligrims wight with steps forthright. --Emerson.
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"Forthright" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Forthright \Forth"right`\, n.
A straight path. [Archaic]
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Here's a maze trod, indeed,
Through forthrights and meanders! --Shak.
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"forthright" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
forthright
adj : characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight
shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them
my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a
forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you
think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is
possible to be outspoken without being rude";
"plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank
accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken,
outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]
adv : directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a
problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely
with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to
the point" [syn: squarely, forthrightly]
"forthright" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "forthright":
aboveboard, artless, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, dead,
dead ahead, direct, directly, downright, due, due north, explicit,
frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken,
free-tongued, genuine, heart-to-heart, in a beeline, in line with,
ingenuous, open, openhearted, outspoken, plain, plain dealing,
plain-spoken, right, round, sincere, single, straight,
straight across, straight ahead, straight-out, straightforward,
straightforwards, straightly, transparent, unambiguous, unchecked,
unconstrained, undeviatingly, undisguised, unequivocal, unguarded,
uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained, unswervingly, unvarnished,
unveeringly
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