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Straightness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The result or product of being straight. countable
  2. 2
    a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex wordnet
  3. 3
    The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual"). uncountable
  4. 4
    having honest intentions wordnet
  5. 5
    trueness of course toward a goal wordnet
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  1. 6
    freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles wordnet
  2. 7
    (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).

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