forthrightly

1. 1.

   directly and without evasion; not roundabout

   “to face a problem squarely”

   “the responsibility lies squarely with them”

   “spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point”

   Synonymssquarelyforthright

Questions about forthrightly

What does forthrightly mean?

forthrightly means "directly and without evasion; not roundabout".

How many syllables are in forthrightly?

forthrightly has 3 syllables: for-thright-ly. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˈθɹaɪtli/.

What is another word for forthrightly?

Close synonyms include squarely, forthright. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forthrightly a common word?

forthrightly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.