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adjective characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
originFrom Middle English forthright, forþriʒt, forthricte, from Old English forþrihte (“straightway, at once, plainly”), from forþriht + -e (“adverbial suffix”). By surface analysis, forth + right.
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