"directness" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

tells us about:
- direct - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
is a type of: characteristic - a distinguishing quality
subtypes:
- downrightness, straightforwardness - the quality of being direct and straightforward
- immediacy, immediateness - lack of an intervening or mediating agency
- pointedness - the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing
same as: straightness
is a type of: honestness, honesty - the quality of being honest

subtypes: ingenuousness - openly straightforward or frank

same as: candidness, candor, candour, forthrightness, frankness