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DOWNRIGHTNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does downrightness mean?
• DOWNRIGHTNESS (noun)
The noun DOWNRIGHTNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being direct and straightforward
Familiarity information: DOWNRIGHTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being direct and straightforward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
downrightness; straightforwardness
Context example:
what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness
Hypernyms ("downrightness" is a kind of...):
directness; straightness (trueness of course toward a goal)
Derivation:
downright (characterized by plain blunt honesty)
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