Hypertext Webster Gateway: "straightness"
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) 1.7 (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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