forthright
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 19
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- 10
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Definition of forthright
10 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
“The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.”
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adj
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Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
“The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.”
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Frank, outspoken.
“TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes was typically forthright in his criticism by claiming that Sunak had "blatantly failed" to cure "a growing tragedy", as "every single day, more and more families can't make ends meet".”
- Markedly simple.
- Fixed; settled; decided.
- (archaic)Proceeding straight forth.
noun
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(archaic)A straight path.
“Gonzalo: […]Here's a maze trod indeed / Through forth-rights and meanders !”
adv
- Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.
- At once, forthwith.
- Swiftly.
- (archaic)Straight forward, in a straight direction.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English forþright, forþriʒt, forþriht, from Old English forþriht (“direct, plain”). By surface analysis, forth + right.
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