downrightness
(daʊnˈraɪtnɪs)
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being downright; directness, straightforwardness of speech or behaviour.
| 1628 Earle Microcosm., Blunt Man (Arb.) 56 Hee is generally honest..and his downerightnesse credits him. 1809–12 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring vii. Wks. 1832 II. 18 They have..so much self-will, and mercantile downrightness in their manners. 1845 Thackeray Crit. Rev. Wks. 1886 XXIII. 237 [To] expose their error with all the downrightness that is necessary. |