forthright
Meanings
Adjective
- Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.
- Frank, outspoken.
- Markedly simple.
- Fixed; settled; decided.
- Proceeding straight forth.
Noun
Adverb
- Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.
- At once, forthwith.
- Swiftly.
- Straight forward, in a straight direction.
Origin
- From Middle English forþright, forþriʒt, forþriht, from Old English forþriht; equivalent to .
- From Middle English forthright, forþriʒt, forthricte, from Old English forþrihte, from forþriht + -e.
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