(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.
Straightforward
Definition:
(a.) Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
(adv.) In a straightforward manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) One would expect banks to interpret this in a common sense and straightforward way without trying to circumvent it."
(2) And finally there is straightforward cannibalism in which humans hunt, kill and eat other humans because they have a preference for human flesh.
(3) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
(4) On examples from their own practice the authors draw attention to the that the diagnosis and treatment of this disease is not always as straightforward as might appear from the literature.
(5) The IAP technique was straightforward to perform, it yielded quick results, and was highly reproducible, provided that a standardised short fixation period of two and a half hours was used.
(6) Modern anesthetic and surgical techniques have made the operation much safer and more straightforward.
(7) The fact that the leave campaign are getting things as straightforward as this wrong should call into judgment the bigger argument about leaving the EU.” He said out campaigners were trying to persuade people to vote for Brexit solely on the back of an issue “that is not true”.
(8) If the observed odds ratios in the data follow this pattern, the model-predicted odds ratios will be accurate, and the meaning of the odds ratio for each risk factor will be straightforward.
(9) The stomach must need some respite from the cold shock of missing relatively straightforward opportunities.
(10) An intradermal skin test with 1 : 100 dilution of 2-5 per cent thiopentone was positive and subsequent anaesthesia without thiopentone was straightforward.
(11) Inside the building, the gallery spaces are curiously straightforward.
(12) A different, more straightforwardly anti-cuts message could perhaps consolidate a left-vote in a PR system, but is unlikely to work for a party seeking to lead.
(13) Written partnership agreements, employment contracts and related documents may seem to complicate what appears to be a straightforward arrangement, and can make a close relationship somewhat more impersonal.
(14) Use of the proportional-response photon counter makes the measurement straightforward and more accurate.
(15) A straightforward information-processing model describes the mental processes that are used in deciding whether a sentence is true or false of an accompanying picture.
(16) The surest sign of malign intention in financial dealings is a failure to be straightforward about the fees.
(17) With attention to detail, prosthesis sizing is straightforward using intraoperative determination of corporeal girth and total corporeal length.
(18) However the advent of computer-based image analysers offers a more straightforward, although less direct, method of making such measurements.
(19) A straightforward decision-making process was found among males, but more complicated influences exist for females.
(20) Woodward maintained that it would be simple to thrash out a "straightforward commercial settlement".