as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
his directness is much appreciated by his patients
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Recent Examples of directness
The researchers' findings show how recent AI models default to Western-style directness, completely missing the cultural cues that govern everyday interactions for millions of Persian speakers worldwide.
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ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
But what makes the Kimmel affair different, and much more chilling, than the dismissal of Colbert is the directness and obviousness of the federal government’s interference.
—Jason Bailey, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
The remark was striking in its directness and suggested the pilot may have been inattentive at a critical moment.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
That directness empowers both parents and students to make sound choices.
—Joyce Marter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Whatever his contemporaries thought of Melville’s prose, at least his coworkers respected his dedication and honesty, the later a rare commodity in government work during the late nineteenth-century.—
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The first stop was Johannesburg’s Apartheid Museum, where the country’s painful past is preserved with unflinching honesty.—
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Know that conversations deserve deep sincerity.—
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Part of what comes to me, Roxana, is my sincerity and my earnestness.—
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed off those comments as an example of the president’s frankness.—
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Their frankness and loyalty are also notable when the call is in.—
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The bluntness of her cut is on full display, with the ends turning up ever so slightly.—
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This team has responded well to that bluntness.—
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WalletHub has studied deferred interest since 2012, periodically flagging retailers that offer the loans and rating their financing offers on transparency and forthrightness.—
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Monique’s penchant for forthrightness, almost to the point of abruptness, is what makes her reintegration to the cast fascinating already.—
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Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.—
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Western counterparts often acknowledge them privately, even as public backlash from some European institutions and media figures ensued against Rubio’s candor.—
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Mirren’s sharp wit, undaunted candor and natural grace is further amplified in a playful, almost naughty swag girl way about her.—
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“Directness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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