straight
/stɹeɪt/ adjective A2- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- Direct, undeviating.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Serious rather than comedic.
Comparative straighter · Superlative straightest
From the library
“On the contrary, I never met a straighter man in my life.”
As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks.
“‘They aren’t straight,’” answered the other.
But whenever any of us are taken away our joints at once stiffen, and we can only stand straight and look pretty.
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