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Word Meanings - FORTHRIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Straight forward; in a straight direction. Sir P. Sidney.

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  • STRAIGHT-JOINT
    Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
  • STRAIGHT-OUT
    Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.
  • STRAIGHTENER
    One who, or that which, straightens.
  • STRAIGHT-PIGHT
    Straight in form or upright in position; erect. Shak.
  • STRAIGHTWAY
    Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. He took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi. . . . And straightway the damsel arose. Mark v. 41,42.
  • FORWARDLY
    Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively.
  • STRAIGHT-LINED
    Having straight lines.
  • STRAIGHTFORWARD
    Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. -- adv.
  • FORWARD
    An agreement; a covenant; a promise. Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer.
  • STRAIGHTLY
    In a right line; not crookedly.
  • STRAIGHTWAYS
    Straightway.
  • FORWARDNESS
    The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel. 2. An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness. Robertson. 3.
  • STRAIGHTFORTH
    Straightway.
  • DIRECTION
    The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
  • STRAIGHTEN
    1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. 2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose
  • FORWARDER
    One employed in forwarding. (more info) 1. One who forwards or promotes; a promoter. Udall. 2. One who sends forward anything; one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant.
  • STRAIGHTHORN
    An orthoceras.
  • FORWARDING
    The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher. (more info) 1. The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others.
  • FORWARD; FORWARDS
    Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. (more info) -weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending.
  • STRAIGHT-SPOKEN
    Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. Lowell.
  • OVERFORWARD
    Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.
  • MISDIRECTION
    An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
  • INDIRECTION
    Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.

 

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