Forthright

Origin

Middle English, from Old English forthriht, from forth + riht right

• before 12th Century

Definitions

• 1:a. Directly forward, in or towards the front, straight before one.

b. Straight out, horizontally.

1882 A. C. Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse 49 "Forthright upon his steed [he] Leap"t.

• 2: Straightway, immediately, at once.
• 3:a. Proceeding in a straight course, directly in front of one, straight forward.

b. Going straight to the point, straightforward, unswerving, outspoken; also, unhesitating, dexterous.

• 4: A straight course or path

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Derivative

• Forthrightness - the quality of being forthright; straightforwardness.

1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 123 Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. xii. 225 He‥carried into his arguments that intensity and forthrightness which awaken dormant opposition.