straightforwardly

adv

straightforwardly

adv

Etymology From straightforward + -ly.

1

In a straightforward manner.

  • "I have not got a coal ticket with me." "I am sorry you should think I was 'spelling' for a coal ticket," he interrupted; "if such an idea had occurred to me, I should have asked for it straightforwardly."1892, Thomas Wright, The pinch of poverty (page 81)

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