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forthrightly

/adjective, noun fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-; adverb fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-, fawrth-rahyt, fohrth-/US // adjective, noun ˈfɔrθˌraɪt, ˈfoʊrθ-; adverb ˌfɔrθˈraɪt, ˌfoʊrθ-, ˈfɔrθˌraɪt, ˈfoʊrθ- //

坦率地说,直截了当地,直言不讳地,直截了当

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense.
    • : proceeding in a straight course; direct; straightforward: a forthright glance.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Also forthrightly.

    • : straight or directly forward; in a direct or straightforward manner: He told us forthright just what his objections were.
    • : straightaway; at once; immediately: He saw forthright that such an action was folly.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. a straight course or path.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inopenly
Synonyms
blatantly公然地,公然,公然的,明目张胆地brazenly明目张胆地,公然地,明目张胆,明目张胆的candidly坦率地说,坦率的说,直言不讳,坦率地face to face面对面,面对面,面对面的,面临面flagrantly公然,公然地,公然的,悍然fully充分,充分地,充分的honestly坦白说,诚实地讲,诚实地,诚实地说是plainly明显地,明显,明确地,明明是publicly公开,公然,公开的,公开发表readily随时随地,随时,辄,欣然simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地unabashedly毫不掩饰地,毫不遮掩地,毫不隐瞒地,毫无保留地unashamedly无耻地,毫无顾忌地,公然,无耻willingly甘愿,心甘情愿地,心甘情愿,乐意aboveboard高于市场的价格,高于市场价格,高于市场的,高于市场artlessly无艺术地,无艺术性地,无艺术性,无艺术frankly坦率地说,坦率地说是,坦率地讲,坦白说in broad daylight在光天化日之下,光天化日之下,在光天化日下,光天化日下in full view尽收眼底,一览无余,尽人皆知,一览无遗in public在公开场合,在公共场合,当众,在公众场合in the open在公开场合,在公开场合下,在公开场合中,在公开的场合ingenuously真诚地,诚恳地,恳切地,真心实意地naively天真地,天真地认为,天真,天真无邪地naturally自然,自然是,当然,自然而然shamelessly厚颜无耻地,厚颜无耻,厚颜无耻的,无耻地straight直,直接,笔直的,直的under one's nose眼皮底下,脚下,眼皮子底下,眼皮下unhesitatingly毫不犹豫地,坚定不移地,毅然决然地,毅然决然unreservedly毫无保留地,无保留地,无条件地,毫无保留的wantonly肆意地,恣意地,肆意,肆意妄为warts and all千疮百孔,疣体和所有的,满身伤痕,千疮百孔的without pretense不假思索地,不假思索,不假辞色,不假思索的without reserve无保留,无储备,无保留地,毫无保留

Examples

  • In a recent interview with the New York Times, Biles was forthright about the toll her sport had taken on her.

  • The goal is to make some quick money dancing at strip clubs, which seems forthright enough.

  • Instead, it combines a forthright declaration of the facts about what the candidate actually supports on policing with a refusal to retreat on discussing systemic racism.

  • They are being much less forthright, though, when it comes to asking users for their consent and presenting transparent information.

  • You would like to think McDermott, who has shown remorse and been more forthright than most of his peers would be, truly did make what he called “an awful mistake.”

  • Well, McConnell made Romney look like an ironman of forthright constancy.

  • If anything, that seemed to encourage him to be even more forthright on Twitter.

  • Nobody else was as forthright with me about this touchy topic.

  • But, he said with a grimace, “I do judge by my meetings with people how forthright they are.”

  • It is customary for political campaigns to keep their most forthright views in-house.

  • Yet he often wrote with a forthright power, naked and unadorned, which could dispense with the aid of literary artifices.

  • Then the guards 434 entered and told the Sultan, who bade bring them before him forthright into the Divan.

  • When it did, he pulled up short in his stride, as if he had come physically against some forthright obstruction.

  • But when his hand touched that upon which his head had been resting he cried out suddenly and struggled forthright to his feet.

  • Any article I may put to its forthright use in actuality becomes an idyllic toy when I find it in the Back of a magazine.