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Straightness

The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

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Characteristic 76% connected

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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Configuration 76% connected

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

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Conformation 76% connected

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Contour 76% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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Curvature 76% connected

The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

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Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Honesty 76% connected

Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

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Sex 76% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Immediacy 76% connected

The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.

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Immediateness 76% connected

The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.

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Levelness 76% connected

The state or quality of being level.

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Square 74% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Square 74% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Straight 74% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

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Straight 74% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

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Straightforward 74% connected

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

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Straightforward 74% connected

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

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Direct 66% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Direct 66% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Indirect 66% connected

Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Indirect 66% connected

Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Synonym 1

Directness 92% connected

The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

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Crookedness 94% connected

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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Crookedness 94% connected

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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