straightforwardly

1. 1.

   with firmness and conviction; without compromise

   “he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration”

   “dealt straightforwardly with all issues”

   Synonymssquarelyfoursquare

Questions about straightforwardly

What does straightforwardly mean?

straightforwardly means "with firmness and conviction; without compromise".

How many syllables are in straightforwardly?

straightforwardly has 4 syllables: straight-for-ward-ly. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔɹwɚdli/.

What is another word for straightforwardly?

Close synonyms include squarely, foursquare. 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 straightforwardly a common word?

straightforwardly 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.