straightforward
adjective
going or directed straight ahead.
straightforwardly
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a word derived from
straightforward.
Example Sentences
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The ease with which genes pass on mechanical, protein-coded traits like eye color has misled even scientists into thinking that they pass on other traits straightforwardly as well.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026
This is war writing at its best, brutally and straightforwardly told because the events and deeds Sledge recounts require no embellishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
"Black Mirror" most often contextualizes technology straightforwardly as “bad.”
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
It allows you to straightforwardly determine the x and y coordinates of an atom.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
Let us now summarize how variations in these three factors—time of onset of food production, barriers to diffusion, and human population size—led straightforwardly to the observed intercontinental differences in the development of technology.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
