'Straightness' definitions:
Definition of 'straightness'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles [ant: crookedness]
noun
Trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" [syn: directness, straightness] [ant: indirectness]
noun
Having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants" [syn: good faith, straightness]
noun
A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex [syn: heterosexuality, heterosexualism, straightness]
Definition of 'Straightness'
From: GCIDE
- Straightness \Straight"ness\, n. The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Straightness'
From: GCIDE
- Straightness \Straight"ness\, n. A variant of Straitness. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Straightness'
- Straight,
- Straighted,
- Straighting,
- Straightly,
- straight off,
- straight out,
- A straight face,
- A straight line,
- Straight arch,
- Straight ticket,
- Straight-out,
- go straight,
- put straight,
- set straight,
- straight and narrow,
- straight angle,
- straight arrow,
- straight chain,
- straight chair,
- straight face,
- straight faced,
- straight flush,
- straight flute,
- straight hang,
- straight line,
- straight man,
- straight person,
- straight pin,
- straight poker,
- straight razor,
- straight shooter,
- straight shooting,
- straight sinus,
- straight thrust,
- Straight-joint,
- Straight-lined,
- Straight-pight,
- Straight-spoken,
- To draw a straight furrow,
- straight life insurance,
- straight-arm,
- straight-backed,
- straight-billed,
- straight-from-the-shoulder,
- straight-grained,
- straight-laced,
- straight-legged,
- Projection of a straight line of a plane,
- Straight-way valve,
- straight-fluted drill,
- straight-line method,
- straight-line method of depreciation