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forthright

adj
/ˈfɔːθˌɹaɪt/UK/ˈfɔɹθˌɹaɪt/US/fɔːθˈɹaɪt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English forthright, forþriʒt, forthricte, from Old English forþrihte (“straightway, at once, plainly”), from forþriht + -e (“adverbial suffix”). By surface analysis, forth + right.

  1. inherited from forþriht — “direct, plain”
  2. inherited from forþright

Definitions

  1. Straightforward

    Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.

    • The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.

  2. Frank, outspoken.

    • TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes was typically forthright in his criticism by claiming that Sunak had "blatantly failed" to cure "a growing tragedy", as "every single day, more and more families can't make ends meet".

  3. Markedly simple.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Fixed

      Fixed; settled; decided.

    2. Proceeding straight forth.

    3. A straight path.

      • Gonzalo: […]Here's a maze trod indeed / Through forth-rights and meanders !

    4. Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.

    5. At once, forthwith.

    6. Swiftly.

    7. Straight forward, in a straight direction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at forthright. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at forthright. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at forthright

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA