DOWNRIGHTNESS

downrightness, straightforwardness

(noun) the quality of being direct and straightforward; “what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

downrightness (uncountable)

The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 March 2025

LOITER

(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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