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straightness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun straightness has 5 senses
- straightness(n = noun.attribute) Array - (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl; Array is a kind of curvature, curve
- straightness(n = noun.attribute) Array - freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles; Array is a kind of configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
- straightness(n = noun.attribute) directness - trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" is a kind of characteristic
- straightness(n = noun.attribute) good faith - having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants" is a kind of honestness, honesty
- straightness(n = noun.act) heterosexualism, heterosexuality - a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex; Array is a kind of sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
Antonym: curliness
Derived form adjective straight3
Antonym: crookedness
Derived forms adjective straight2, adjective straight8
has particulars: downrightness, straightforwardness, immediacy, immediateness, pointedness
Derived form adjective straight14
Derived forms adjective straight12, adjective straight6
Derived form adjective straight10
CIDE DICTIONARY
straightness, n.
The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path. [1913 Webster]
straightness, n.
A variant of Straitness. [1913 Webster]
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Straightness
N straightness, rectilinearity, directness, inflexibility, straight line, right line, direct line, short cut, straight, rectilinear, rectilineal, direct, even, right, true, in a line, unbent, virgate, undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving, straight as an arrow, inflexible, laser-straight, ramrod-straight.
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