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Webster 1913 Edition


Straight-out

Straight′-outˊ

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Adj.
Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Straight-out
and generous indignation.
Mrs. Stowe.

Definition 2024


straight-out

straight-out

See also: straight out

English

Adjective

straight-out (comparative more straight-out, superlative most straight-out)

  1. Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.
  2. unqualified; thoroughgoing
    • Harriet Beecher Stowe
      Straight-out and generous indignation.