(a.) Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man.
(n.) A straight path.
Example Sentences:
(1) Though Charter 08 mostly called for the Communist party to uphold commitments made in its own constitution it was a coherent and forthright challenge to the party’s rule, calling for peaceful democratic reform.
(2) By recognizing the importance of mentorship in professional development, by being sensitive to some of the common barriers to its implementation, and by taking forthright steps to encourage its use, a greater reliance on mentorship can be exercised to the benefit of our profession.
(3) Otherwise, the failure of the biomedical research community to meet this challenge forthrightly is soon likely to lead to damaging intervention by government agencies and elected officials.
(4) So during an interview at his office in Berlin, de Maizière is forthright about the dangers of Britain leaving the EU, and he expresses irritation at the countries who believe German money can solve all of Europe's banking and defence problems.
(5) Tom Giles, the editor of Panorama, was also forthright in his criticism of Newsnight.
(6) One of the most forthright members of the new crossbench, the Tasmanian PUP senator Jacqui Lambie, shook hands with the leader of the government in the Senate, Eric Abetz, despite declaring in a weekend media interview that she did “not like the man” (she told News Corp Abetz was part of a “little men’s group” of Coalition senators who lacked achievements).
(7) He is a forthright defender of judicial independence and a supporter of modernisation in the courts where cases are still conducted from behind mounds of files and paperwork.
(8) John Kerry, the US secretary of state, was even more forthright, saying bluntly that Isis "must be destroyed".
(9) We know there is nothing like some forthright customer feedback to bring about change.
(10) "Jennifer was an incredible woman and was as forthright and as opinionated when we were working together as she was when she wrote about her astonishing life," said Harris.
(11) The forthright American intervention came as Cameron's plans also came under concerted attack from Brussels and the Irish prime minister, Enda Kenny , whose country holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU.
(12) He's started in forthright form, telling MPs the process was handled in bad faith.
(13) Mind your own business Southern belle Besse Cooper , who died at the age of 116 in Monroe, Georgia, had endearingly forthright reasoning for her long life: "I mind my own business," Cooper said.
(14) The Lib Dems, who are defending the seat in next Thursday's vote following Chris Huhne's resignation, seized on the Tory problems, presenting 10 questions that they said had to be answered about Hutchings, who has attracted headlines for forthright – and often off-message – views about subjects ranging from state education to the EU and gay marriage.
(15) Her criticism of Momentum is the most forthright of any MP for some time, after Tom Blenkinsop called for the group to be banned and Tom Watson dismissed it as a “bit of a rabble” .
(16) When we meet he is sporting a shaggy beard and offers a forthright view.
(17) Tom Burke, founding director of green thinktank E3G and a veteran environmental campaigner, is even more forthright.
(18) Comey, who pledged to forthrightly study and admit FBI mistakes, twice said Paul misunderstood the facts of the cases.
(19) I think in all countries around the world, the problem of liberty is important; it's the duty of everyone to combat the state and uphold liberty – to address it in an honest, frank, forthright manner."
(20) It was with a mixture of wistfulness and his usual forthright bullishness that Sam Allardyce, briefly moving his attention away from the 21st-century football that West Ham United intend to confront Chelsea with on Friday afternoon, looked back eight years and contemplated what he might have achieved in his final season at Bolton Wanderers if he had received greater financial backing – or, to be precise, any financial backing – when his team were hovering around the Champions League places at Christmas.
Outright
Definition:
(adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.
(adv.) Completely; utterly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
(2) However, Pearson is understood to have believed an offer from News Corporation to buy Penguin outright would not have been financially viable.
(3) Although the cranes swing, much of the new living zones now being created range from the ho-hum to the outright catastrophic.
(4) A debate exists within civil libertarian circles about the value of holding out for an outright expiration of Section 215.
(5) This provides a valid basis for adjustment of assay results or for outright rejection of an assay.
(6) By creating an environment of intolerance – one could even say outright hostility – towards an already besieged community, the laws have fostered a surge of anti-gay violence across the country.
(7) The Gayes’ lawyer branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye’s late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend’s hit Got to Give It Up outright.
(8) However, the over-riding view is that with Global's plan to buy GMG Radio outright all but thwarted, senior executives at German-owned Bauer will be breathing a sigh of relief.
(9) But the crowd at Bob Jones University did not seem to care for the journalism of the New York Times, or that Cruz senior has recently said that LGBT activists will try to “legalise pedophilia”, that it is “ appalling ” that Houston has a gay mayor, and that he has opined that President Obama is an “outright Marxist” who should go “back to Kenya” .
(10) Her party was denied an outright majority by one seat, after a tie with the Lib Dems led to the result being decided by drawing lots.
(11) "A second Greek bailout is almost certain to result in outright losses for taxpayers further down the road because, even with the help of additional money, Greece remains likely to default within the next few years," said Raoul Ruparel, analyst at the Open Europe think tank.
(12) ‘Like the poshest hostage video ever’: our columnists on the Queen’s speech | Panel Read more The latest public attitudes survey by the National Centre for Social Research suggests that Euroscepticism – measured by the 43% of Scottish voters who want the EU’s powers to be cut or the 17% it records as wanting to leave outright – is at a record high in Scotland .
(13) People eagerly accept such evidence-free claims "because the alternative mean[s] confronting outright mendacity from otherwise respected authorities, trading the calm of certainty for the disquiet of doubt".
(14) They had inhabited their house as long, and by this time owned it outright.
(15) She has also slammed the “illogical and outright offensive” language used by those against same-sex marriage.
(16) We do not state outright that named foreign brands can be linked to factories employing child labour,” the ODI report says.
(17) The government's early defence of Jeremy Hunt against the barrage of criticism over his apparent closeness to News Corp centred on the charge that Frédéric Michel , News Corp's in-house lobbyist, had exaggerated, even outright distorted, accounts of his contact with Hunt and his team.
(18) They showed that the presidential election will go to a second round, after no candidate reached the 50% needed for an outright win.
(19) Still, Rafsanjani – often accused of sitting on the fence – did not call outright for an annulment.
(20) Since the two chambers have equal powers, a government must secure outright majorities in both for its legislation.