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straightness |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straightness \Straight"ness\, n. The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as the straightness of a path. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straightness \Straight"ness\, n. A variant of {Straitness}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: straightness n 1: of hair: lack of a tendency to curl [ant: {curliness}] 2: freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles [ant: {crookedness}] 3: trueness of course toward a goal: "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" [syn: {directness}] [ant: {indirectness}] 4: having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants" [syn: {good faith}] 5: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex [syn: {heterosexuality}, {heterosexualism}]
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