DIRECTNESS

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Meaning:

The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("directness" is a kind of...):

honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directness"):

ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)

Derivation:

direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)

Meaning:

Trueness of course toward a goal

Example:

rivaling a hawk in directness of aim

Synonyms:

directness; straightness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("directness" is a kind of...):

characteristic (a distinguishing quality)

Attribute:

direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)

indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directness"):

downrightness; straightforwardness (the quality of being direct and straightforward)

immediacy; immediateness (lack of an intervening or mediating agency)

pointedness (the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing)

Antonym:

indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)

Derivation:

direct (being an immediate result or consequence)