forthright

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

forthright
    adv 1: 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}, {forthright}]
    adj 1: 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}, {forthright}, {frank}, {free-spoken},
           {outspoken}, {plainspoken}, {point-blank}, {straight-
           from-the-shoulder}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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