Straightforward

Examples

• This straightforward bullying was met by abject submission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• That would be the most straightforward way of letting him know your mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The years that had passed had left nothing of his old self, except the bright, straightforward look in his eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There is no record of a single attempt to make the popular assembly a straightforward and workable public organ. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It's really refreshing to see a sensible, straightforward girl, who can be jolly and kind without making a fool of herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• No--not always so straightforward as that. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The note of terms was plain, straightforward, and comprehensive, at any rate. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Instead of looking up at us in her usual straightforward way, she sat close at the table, and kept her eyes fixed obstinately on an open book. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A straightforward, open-hearted man like Weston, and a rational, unaffected woman like Miss Taylor, may be safely left to manage their own concerns. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You are always an honourable and straightforward fellow, as far as lays in your power, though a little flighty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It teaches us to be careful of what we say, and I am sure makes men more brief, more businesslike, and more straightforward. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Anybody might have had more reason for wondering if the will had been what you might expect from an open-minded straightforward man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I am sure he is an honorable, straightforward fellow. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I am a straightforward man, I believe. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He always speaks to the purpose; open, straightforward, and very well judging. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The question is the usual plain, straightforward, common-sense question. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Straightforward Miss Moore! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Pickwick, I thank you most heartily for all your kindness to my son,' said old Mr. Winkle, in a bluff, straightforward way. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was a perfectly straightforward answer to Laura's question, and yet, under the circumstances, it was not satisfactory. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Straightforward honesty doesn't pay in these waters. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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