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straightforwardly

ADVERB
frankly
Synonyms
STRONG
candidly
WEAK
bluntly dead level directly forthrightly freely from the hip in truth laid on the line level on the level on the line openly plainly straight straight-out without reserve
Antonyms
WEAK
deviously dishonestly insincerely secretively
ADVERB
justly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurately correctly decently duly equally equitably honestly honorably impartially lawfully legally legitimately properly reasonably rightfully rightly
WEAK
befittingly beneficently benevolently benignly candidly charitably decorously duteously dutifully evenhandedly fitly fittingly frankly helpfully moderately nicely piously respectably righteously temperately tolerantly unreservedly uprightly virtuously well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
wrongly
WEAK
unfairly unjustly
ADVERB
simply
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commonly directly easily honestly naturally openly quietly
WEAK
artlessly candidly frankly guilelessly ingenuously intelligibly matter-of-factly modestly ordinarily sincerely unaffectedly unpretentiously without any elaboration
Antonyms
WEAK
difficultly incompletely indefinitely
ADVERB
squarely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
justly objectively
WEAK
considerately fairly
ADVERB
straight
Synonyms
STRONGEST
away dead right away
STRONG
direct due now right straightaway
WEAK
as the crow flies at once exactly first off forthwith in direct line instanter instantly lineally point-blank straightly undeviatingly
Antonyms
STRONG
indirectly
WEAK
later

Example Sentences

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"Dark matter could straightforwardly be two different particles, and the two different particles need to find each other in order to annihilate."

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

This is war writing at its best, brutally and straightforwardly told because the events and deeds Sledge recounts require no embellishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

As journalist Max Read pointed out recently, Musk's project isn't "like" Gamergate, but "straightforwardly is Gamergate, composed of many of the exact same people" rehashing the same unjustified grievances.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025

Remarkably, Benitez told the investigating committee that he would not straightforwardly apologize to the teenager he’d mistreated.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

The whole point of the CDO was to launder a lot of subprime mortgage market risk that the firms had been unable to place straightforwardly.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis