Noun: straightforwardness ,streyt'for-wurd-nus [N. Amer], ,streyt'for-wûd-nus [Brit]
- The quality of being direct and straightforward
"what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness";
- downrightness
- Without hypocrisy
"the straightforwardness of his motives could not be questioned";
- singleness
Type of: directness, sincerity, straightness