directness of speech

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• directness — noun 1. trueness of course toward a goal rivaling a hawk in directness of aim • Syn: ↑straightness • Ant: ↑indirectness • Derivationally related forms: ↑straight (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• directness — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, appropriateness, artlessness, austerity, baldness, bareness, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, chasteness, chastity, childlikeness, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clear… …   Moby Thesaurus

• plain speech — Synonyms and related words: clarity, clear cutness, clearness, coherence, connectedness, consistency, crystallinity, definition, directness, distinctness, explicitness, limpidity, lucidity, pellucidity, perspicuity, plain English, plain style,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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• child´like´ness — child|like «CHYLD LYK», adjective. 1. like a child; innocent; frank; simple: »The old man enjoyed the prank in childlike glee. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous, artless. 2. like that or those of a child; characteristic of a child: »a childlike directness of …   Useful english dictionary

• child|like — «CHYLD LYK», adjective. 1. like a child; innocent; frank; simple: »The old man enjoyed the prank in childlike glee. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous, artless. 2. like that or those of a child; characteristic of a child: »a childlike directness of speech …   Useful english dictionary

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