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 is the leading trait in the style of both mother and son; if either used circumlocution, it was rather through deliberateness than for diplomacy.
From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various
Directness of utterance is good, but so is the subtle recasting of thought into a new and delightful form.
From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell
Directness and justness of relation are the most important things in painting.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
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