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Definition of Straightness

1. Noun. (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl.

2. Noun. Freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles.

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

4. Noun. Having honest intentions. "Doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"

5. Noun. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex.

Definition of Straightness

1. n. The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

2. n. A variant of Straitness.

Definition of Straightness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being straight (''especially in the sense of "heterosexual"''). ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being straight. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Straightness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Straightness

straightfacedly straightfaces straightforth straightforward straightforwardly straightforwardness straighthorn straighthorns straighties straighting

straightish straightjacket straightjackets straightlaced straightly straightnesses straights straightway straightways straik

straiked straiking straiks strain strain burst strain energy strain gage strain gauge

Literary usage of Straightness

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

1. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1871)
"straightness of direction is much more important on railroads than on common roads, for two reasons; the economy of straightness, and the resistances and ..."

2. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1847)
"ECONOMY OF straightness. From the great cost of the superstructure of a railroad, and the continually increasing expense of keeping it in repair, ..."

3. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1872)
"straightness of direction is much more important on railroads than on common roads, for two reasons, the economy of straightness, and the resistances and ..."

4. Sources of Effectiveness in Public Speaking: Psychological Principles by Charles Edmund Neil (1920)
"The fundamental cause of each is the degree of straightness with which the mind moves during the utterance of a tone. A straight inflection is produced when ..."

5. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1887)
"THE straightness OF ITS SIDE WOULD BE SO FAR A GOOD BESTOWED ON THE REGION OF DARKNESS BY GOD ... Here the want of straightness would make the line worse. ..."

6. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1854)
"straightness of direction is much more important on railroads than on common ... ECONOMY OF straightness. From the great cost of the superstructure of a ..."

7. Archery: Its Theory and Practice by Horace Alfred Ford (1859)
"How to Test its Strength and straightness—Best Materials for its Manufacture—Apparent Antagonism between the Theory and Practice of Archery, as regards its ..."

8. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"The straightness of slip bands varies very greatly even in the same material, and even in the same microscopic field. Those in 25 per cent. nickel steel, ..."

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