Forthright

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forthright \Forth"right`\ (? or ?), adv. [Forth, adv. + right,
     adv.]
     Straight forward; in a straight direction. [Archaic] --Sir P.
     Sidney.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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