FORTHRIGHT
ADJECTIVES
► ACERB of speech, manner, or temper: bitter and sharp; forthright and cutting → 1822
► FLAT-FOOTED forthright, straightforward, emphatic → 1828 Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
► UP FRONT forthright; openly, frankly → 1974
VERBS
► CALL A SPADE A SPADE to be forthright or straightforward → 1542
► TELL IT LIKE IT IS to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; to be forthright → 1899
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