straightforward
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈstreɪtˌfɔrd/
:
directo
- His explanation was straightforward, making it easy for everyone to understand.
Which is a windy path, not straightforward and a little far away.
- Which is a windy path, not straightforward and a little far away.
Examples
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Instead, he addressed the jury in powerful but straightforward language, respecting them but never condescending or playing obviously to their sympathy.
Academic text (2010) -
To find the restaurant, just take the straightforward route through the park.
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The answer to this question is not as straightforward as it might at first seem.
Academic text (2001) -
However, the situation is not a straightforward relationship between employment and health insurance.
Academic text (2008) -
The relationship between points in absolute and relative coordinates is linear and straightforward.
Academic text (2011) -
Nevertheless, responding appropriately to the ever-growing flood of media technologies and devices is anything but a straightforward matter.
Academic text (2015) -
Her eyes were the straightforward blue of the larkspur spikes along his granny's fence back in Macon.
Fiction book (1995) -
The path to the summit is straightforward, allowing hikers to reach their destination easily.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In a direct line without turning
∞
1.0
In the direction someone faces or moves
1
1.6
In a straight way without stopping at other places
Antonyms
Compounds
How Straight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Straightforward is literally straight ('not turned') plus forward ('to the front'). That is why the word can describe something or someone that is 'pointing directly ahead' or looking straight at you.