noun
- the quality of being direct, honest, and frank in speech or manner; candor
Usage: uncountable; formal register
Examples
- Her forthrightness in the meeting impressed everyone; she spoke without hesitation about the problems.
- The manager appreciated the employee's forthrightness when discussing the project's failures.
- With characteristic forthrightness, he told her exactly what he thought.
- The candidate's forthrightness about her lack of experience earned respect from the panel.
- I value forthrightness in my friends; I want them to tell me the truth.
- His forthrightness sometimes made him unpopular, but people always knew where he stood.