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

Type of: directness, sincerity, straightness

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straight-from-the-shoulder
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