directness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Directness and vulnerability, without pathos, turned out to characterize both movements, which became, in this reading, a point-counterpoint rather than two fragments waiting for a conclusion that never got written.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2016
Directness wasn't just a virtue, but a requirement.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2011
Directness in telling is a most important quality.
From How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell by Bryant, Sara Cone
Directness was natural to Estelle and both her father and her friend, Mr. Churchouse, had fostered it.
From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden
Directness, sequentiality, linearity, centralism, cooperation, and determinism marked the family experience as it marked other experiences of human self-constitution.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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