STRAIGHTFORWARD in a Sentence

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17 example sentences for STRAIGHTFORWARD, such as:

1. He spoke to me, Mina, very straightforwardly.
2. Installing the program is relatively straightforward.
3. He knew his stubborn will and straightforward hasty temper.
4. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person.
5. But a simple and straightforward apology would have been better.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRAIGHTFORWARD
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straightforward
 a.  proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
Classic Sentence:
1  That didn't sound like John, and she knew he was looking up at her with the straightforward look that she had always been ready to meet and answer with one as frank till now.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
2  It's really refreshing to see a sensible, straightforward girl, who can be jolly and kind without making a fool of herself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
3  I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  Mihail Vassilievitch Sludin, the chief secretary, was a straightforward, intelligent, good-hearted, and conscientious man, and Alexey Alexandrovitch was aware of his personal goodwill.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 21
5  From the first, I have advised our people in the South to make friends in every straightforward, manly way with their next-door neighbour, whether he be a black man or a white man.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
6  I have found that there is a large element in the South that is quick to respond to straightforward, honest criticism of any wrong policy.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
7  To questions frankly put," said he, "a straightforward answer should be given.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
8  For a time I would feel I belonged still to a world of straightforward facts; but the feeling would not last long.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
9  He knew his stubborn will and straightforward hasty temper.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVIII
10  He decided that the moment had arrived for proceeding straightforward, and quickly at that.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
11  And these, that there should be no straightforward footprints, he dragged by the tail into his cavern, the track of their compelled path reversed, and hid them behind the screen of rock.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
12  He spoke to me, Mina, very straightforwardly.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  My heart positively ached with pity for her tactless and unnecessary straightforwardness.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IX
Example Sentence:
1  But a simple and straightforward apology would have been better.
2  The story of Byzantine art, though not precisely devious, is not straightforward either.
3  Just follow the signs to Bradford - it's very straightforward.
4  Installing the program is relatively straightforward.