Lexic.us

Definition of Directness

1. Noun. Trueness of course toward a goal. "Rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

2. Noun. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.

Definition of Directness

1. n. The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

Definition of Directness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being direct. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Directness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Directness

directional stability directionality directionally directionals directionless directionlessly directionlessness directions directive directive psychotherapy

directives directivities directivity directly proportional directness (current term) directnesses director director's cut director's cuts director-general

director-stockholder relation director of research directorate directorates directorial directorially directories directorless directors

Literary usage of Directness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"directness has very frequently to be sacrificed to this ; and more or less ... Subject to this condition, directness of line must be the next endeavour. ..."

2. Practical Public Speaking; a Text-book for Colleges and Secondary Schools: A by Solomon Henry Clark, Frederic Mason Blanchard (1899)
"Hence, the object of the drill upon the selections in this chapter is to develop the spirit of directness. Let the pupil express himself in any way he may; ..."

3. The Art and the Business of Story Writing by Walter B. Pitkin (1922)
"It raises only two questions worthy of discussion here: the question of directness, and the question of necessity. 1. directness. ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... directness, did him good sen-ice. As a linguist his achievements in preaching without interpreters were remarkable, considering that his early education ..."

5. Art and the Camera: With Forty-nine Illustrations by Antony Guest (1907)
"directness AND INDIVIDUALITY directness of means is one of the most valuable principles of art. It implies a definite object, a single-minded intention, ..."

6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Clearness, directness, simplicity, counted for much in her success as an author. It would be a fruitless task to say what she has not, and what she is not. ..."

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