directness
Example Sentences
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Directness and vulnerability, without pathos, turned out to characterize both movements, which became, in this reading, a point-counterpoint rather than two fragments waiting for a conclusion that never got written.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2016
Directness wasn't just a virtue, but a requirement.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2011
Directness was his most distinguishing characteristic, and, whether he appealed to the head or the heart, he went straight to the mark....
From Famous American Statesmen by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
Directness, he said, was required in place of equivocation based on delicacy.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
Directness, sequentiality, linearity, centralism, cooperation, and determinism marked the family experience as it marked other experiences of human self-constitution.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
