forthright

IPA: fˈɔrθrˈaɪt

noun

  • (archaic) A straight path.

adjective

  • Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
  • Frank, outspoken.
  • Markedly simple.
  • Fixed; settled; decided.
  • (archaic) Proceeding straight forth.

adverb

  • Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.
  • At once, forthwith.
  • Swiftly.
  • (archaic) Straight forward, in a straight direction.
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Examples of "forthright" in Sentences

  • Kanmakan took his sword forthright and cut off his head, saying,
  • If someone were honest and forthright from the beginning, no defensive measures would be necessary.
  • Why, in a decade when public discourse about sex has become determinedly forthright, is abortion so hard to say?
  • I thought about Clinton and how weak of attempt he made when asking for forgiveness and how he was not forthright from the get go in regards to his ex marital affair.
  • Then he went in forthright to his daughter and her mother and his kinsfolk, and acquainting them with the King of Kabul’s demand sought counsel of them, and they said, ‘Do what seemeth good to thee.’ —
  • When a Law Lord and a Labour MP can demonstrate a better grasp of liberalism and express it in forthright terms, while our parliamentary spokesman ends up batting for the opposition, what hope is there?
  • Sultan Kanmakan took his sword forthright and cut off his head, saying, “Praised be Allah who hath given me life, that I might requite this traitor what he did with my father, for I have heard this very story from King Zau al-Makan himself.”
  • But when he ended his words, Sultan Kanmakan took his sword forthright and cut off his head, saying, "Praised be Allah who hath given me life, that I might requite this traitor what he did with my father, for I have heard this very story from King Zau al-Makan himself."

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