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Directness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Directness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

trueness of course toward a goal

"rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

2

the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

3

The state or quality of being direct.

See Also
legitimacy direct
Related Terms
Antonyms
indirectness
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
characteristic honesty
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
downrightness immediacy pointedness ingenuousness
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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