straightness

Other forms: straightnesses

Definitions of straightness
  1. noun
    (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
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    antonyms:
    curliness
    (of hair) a tendency to curl
    type of:
    curvature, curve
    the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
  2. noun
    freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
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    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)
  3. noun
    trueness of course toward a goal
    synonyms: directness
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    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, discriminant
    a distinguishing quality
  4. noun
    having honest intentions
    synonyms: good faith
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    type of:
    honestness, honesty
    the quality of being honest
  5. noun
    a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
    synonyms: heterosexualism, heterosexuality
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    type of:
    sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
    activities associated with sexual intercourse
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