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"etymology_text": "From straight + forward.",
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"proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating"
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"ref": "1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553",
"text": "For the most part they are of straightforward design and the largest group is the ex-Prussian \"T16\" Class 0-10-0 of Type \"94\", [...].",
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},
{
"ref": "15 October 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Poland played with great energy, quick to the ball, strong in the challenge, and projecting the clear sense they had absolutely no intention whatsoever of making this a straightforward night.",
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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"word": "разбираем"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "簡單"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎndān",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "简单"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "makkelijk"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "eenvoudig"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "suoraviivainen"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "aisé"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"tags": [
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"word": "immédiat"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "einfach"
},
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"roman": "aplós",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "απλός"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "facile"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "semplice"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "waingōhia"
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{
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "fácil"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "лёгкий"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "enkel"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "entydig"
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"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "прости́й"
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"word": "легки́й"
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "1992 April 20, George J. Church, “Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton”, in Time, page 38",
"text": "A great deal of the uneasiness about Clinton reflects his propensity to dance away from straightforward yes or no answers to any character question.",
"type": "quotation"
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"(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣarīḥ",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "صَرِيح"
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "مُسْتَقِيم"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "uġiġ",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "ուղիղ"
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"roman": "šitak",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "շիտակ"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "乾脆"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gāncuì",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "干脆"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zhíxīnyǎn",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "直心眼"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "直截了當"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíjiéliǎodàng",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "直截了当"
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"roman": "shuǎngzhí",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "爽直"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shuǎngkuai",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "爽快"
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "簡單"
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"_dis1": "31 2 68",
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"roman": "jiǎndān",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "简单"
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
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"word": "přímý"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "direct"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "eerlijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "open"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "suora"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "suoraviivainen"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "avoin"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "direct"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "simple"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "franc"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "aufrichtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "einfach"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "offen"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efthýs",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "el",
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"roman": "éntimos",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "egyenes"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "schietto"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "franco"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "diretto"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "sincero"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"alt": "そっちょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sotchoku",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "率直"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "massugu",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "まっすぐ"
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"alt": "かんたん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kantan",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "簡単"
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"code": "ckb",
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"roman": "sakar",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "ساکار"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "prōsus"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ískren",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "и́скрен"
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{
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"roman": "ótvoren",
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"word": "о́творен"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "prostolinijny"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "bezpośredni"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "direto"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "onest"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
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{
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "simplu"
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "прямо́й"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čéstnyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "че́стный"
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"word": "просто́й"
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"_dis1": "31 2 68",
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"roman": "otkrovénnyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "открове́нный"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "franco"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "sencillo"
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"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "-nyofu"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "rättfram"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "rak"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "uppriktig"
},
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"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prjamýj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "прями́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "čésnyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "че́сний"
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{
"_dis1": "31 2 68",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidvértyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "відве́ртий"
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"In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prjamo",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "прямо"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkrito",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "открито"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "直爽地"
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{
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"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "nepokrytě"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "otevřeně"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "suoraan"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "suoraviivaisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "avoimesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "à brûle-pourpoint"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "francamente"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "sencillamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "en derechura"
}
]
}
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"ref": "1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553",
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"ref": "15 October 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "1992 April 20, George J. Church, “Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton”, in Time, page 38",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣarīḥ",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "صَرِيح"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mustaqīm",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "مُسْتَقِيم"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "uġiġ",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "ուղիղ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šitak",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "շիտակ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prjam",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "прям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkrit",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "открит"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "乾脆"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gāncuì",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "干脆"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíxīnyǎn",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "直心眼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "直截了當"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhíjiéliǎodàng",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "直截了当"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shuǎngzhí",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "爽直"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǎngkuai",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "爽快"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "簡單"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎndān",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "简单"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
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"masculine"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "direct"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "eerlijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "open"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "suora"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "suoraviivainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "avoin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "direct"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "simple"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "franc"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "aufrichtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "einfach"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "offen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efthýs",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ευθύς"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "éntimos",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "έντιμος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "egyenes"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "schietto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "franco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "diretto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "sincero"
},
{
"alt": "そっちょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sotchoku",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "率直"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "massugu",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "まっすぐ"
},
{
"alt": "かんたん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kantan",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "簡単"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "sakar",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "ساکار"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "explicātus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "prōsus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ískren",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "и́скрен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ótvoren",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "о́творен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "prostolinijny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "bezpośredni"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "direto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "onest"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "sincer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "simplu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prjamój",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "прямо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čéstnyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "че́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostój",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "просто́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkrovénnyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "открове́нный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "franco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "sencillo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "-nyofu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "rättfram"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "rak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "uppriktig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prjamýj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "прями́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čésnyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "че́сний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidvértyj",
"sense": "not deviating; forthright; frank; sincere",
"word": "відве́ртий"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prost",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "прост"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razbiraem",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "разбираем"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "簡單"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎndān",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "简单"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "makkelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "eenvoudig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "simpel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "suoraviivainen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "facile"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "aisé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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"word": "immédiat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "einfach"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplós",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απλός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "facile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "semplice"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "explicātus"
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"roman": "prost",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "прост"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lésen",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "ле́сен"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "waingōhia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "fácil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostój",
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"word": "просто́й"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljóxkij",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "лёгкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "fácil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "enkel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "entydig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostýj",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
"word": "прости́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lehkýj",
"sense": "presenting few difficulties, easy",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prjamo",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "прямо"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkrito",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "открито"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "直爽地"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "nepokrytě"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "otevřeně"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "suoraan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "suoraviivaisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "avoimesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "à brûle-pourpoint"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "diretto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "francamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "sencillamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "In a straightforward manner",
"word": "en derechura"
}
],
"word": "straightforward"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.