directness

noun

directness

noun

Etymology From direct + -ness.

1

Usually The state or quality of being direct.

He hesitated, and then flung out the question almost with a passionate directness: "What was it, sir; in God's name, what was it?"1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

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