straightforwardness
- a word derived from straightforward.
Example Sentences
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Despite the whirlwind nature of the last few hours, the gracious 22-year-old actor sounds genuinely invested when answering questions with a respectful straightforwardness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
There's a disarming straightforwardness to this conversation on a bench, spring flowers in the background.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Schrader films “She Said” with a bracing combination of straightforwardness and sensitivity, staging the most prurient details of Weinstein’s cases with somber restraint rather than salacious literalism.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022
But neither routine nor straightforwardness has harmed other war horses.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
And look at the modest, talky straightforwardness of phrases like, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. ”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
