straightness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  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

Etymology

From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).

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