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straightness

DEFINITIONS OF: straightness

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n (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl

Antonyms:
curliness, waviness
(of hair) a tendency to curl
Type of:
curvature, curve
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

n freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles

Antonyms:
crookedness
having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
Type of:
configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

n trueness of course toward a goal

Synonyms:
directness
Antonyms:
indirectness
having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
Types:
downrightness, straightforwardness
the quality of being direct and straightforward
immediacy, immediateness
lack of an intervening or mediating agency
pointedness
the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing
Type of:
characteristic
a distinguishing quality

n having honest intentions

Synonyms:
good faith
Type of:
honestness, honesty
the quality of being honest

n a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

Synonyms:
heterosexualism, heterosexuality
Type of:
sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
activities associated with sexual intercourse
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