'Directness' definitions:
Definition of 'directness'
From: WordNet
noun
Trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" [syn: directness, straightness] [ant: indirectness]
noun
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness]
Definition of 'Directness'
From: GCIDE
- Directness \Di*rect"ness\, n. The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'directness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appropriateness,
- artlessness,
- Atticism,
- austerity,
- baldness,
- bareness,
- bluffness,
- bluntness,
- broadness,
- brusqueness,
- candidness,
- candor,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- childlikeness,
- clarity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clear-cutness,
- clearness,
- coherence,
- comeliness,
- common speech,
- connectedness,
- consistency,
- correctness,
- crystallinity,
- definition,
- dignity,
- discrimination,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- ease,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- explicitness,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- finish,
- fittingness,
- flatness,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- forthrightness,
- frankness,
- freedom,
- freeness,
- genuineness,
- good taste,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- guilelessness,
- homespun,
- horizontalness,
- household words,
- inartificiality,
- ingenuousness,
- innocence,
- leanness,
- limpidity,
- lineality,
- linearity,
- lucidity,
- matter-of-factness,
- naiveness,
- naivete,
- naivety,
- naturalness,
- neatness,
- openheartedness,
- openness,
- outspokenness,
- pellucidity,
- perspicuity,
- plain dealing,
- plain English,
- plain speaking,
- plain speech,
- plain style,
- plain words,
- plainness,
- plainspokenness,
- polish,
- propriety,
- prosaicness,
- prosiness,
- purity,
- rectilinearity,
- refinement,
- restrainedness,
- restraint,
- roundness,
- rustic style,
- seemliness,
- severity,
- simpleheartedness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- sincerity,
- single-heartedness,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of heart,
- smoothness,
- soberness,
- spareness,
- starkness,
- straightforwardness,
- straightness,
- structure,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- terseness,
- transparency,
- transpicuity,
- trustfulness,
- unadorned style,
- unadornedness,
- unaffectedness,
- unambiguousness,
- unassumingness,
- unconstraint,
- unequivocalness,
- unguardedness,
- unimaginativeness,
- unmistakableness,
- unpoeticalness,
- unpretentiousness,
- unreserve,
- unrestraint,
- unsophisticatedness,
- unsophistication,
- unsuspiciousness,
- unswervingness,
- unwariness,
- vernacular,
- verticalness
Words containing 'Directness'
- Direct,
- Directed,
- Directer,
- Directing,
- Direction,
- Directive,
- Directly,
- directional,
- directionality,
- directiveness,
- directivity,
- other directed,
- Direct action,
- Direct current,
- Direct demonstration,
- Direct discourse,
- Direct evidence,
- Direct examination,
- Direct fire,
- Direct nomination,
- Direct primary,
- Direct process,
- Direct tax,
- Direct vision,
- Directer plane,
- Directly proportional,
- change of direction,
- direct antonym,
- direct contrast,
- direct correlation,
- direct dye,
- direct flight,
- direct line,
- direct loan,
- direct mail,
- direct mailer,
- direct marketing,
- direct object,
- direct quotation,
- direct sum,
- direct support,
- direct tide,
- direct transmission,
- direct trust,
- directed study,
- directed verdict,
- direction finder,
- directional antenna,
- directional microphone,
- inner directed,
- presidential directive,
- sense of direction,
- stage direct,
- stage direction,
- A direct induced current,
- Direct-acting,
- Direct-coupled,
- direct electric current,
- direct supporting fire,
- foreign direct investment,
- goal-directed,
- re-direct,
- self-directed,
- self-direction,
- Direct-coupled antenna,
- Re-direct examination,
- direct-grant school,
- east-west direction,
- joint direct attack munition,
- north-south direction,
- Direct-acting steam engine,
- Direct-acting steam pump,
- direct-action steam engine,
- direct-action steam pump