straightness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
  2. noun freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
  3. noun trueness of course toward a goal
    directness.
    • rivaling a hawk in directness of aim
  4. noun having honest intentions
    good faith.
    • he acted in good faith
    • doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants
  5. noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
    heterosexuality; heterosexualism.

WordNet


Straight"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
Straight"ness noun
Definitions
  1. A variant of Straitness.

Webster 1913