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straightness|ˈstreɪtnɪs|
[-ness.]
The quality of being straight, in various senses of the adj.
1530Palsgr. 277/1 Streightnesse rightnesse, droicteur. 1534Whitinton Tullyes Offic. i. (1540) 36 This is the offyce of a man of armes:..in all chaunces to kepe streyghtnesse and honesty. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. i. (1589) 2 Ye right rule whereby the Artificer and the Architect doe iudge the straightnes of euery mans worke. a1732T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 7 We do not reckon it a crooked thing, which though forcibly bended..presently recovers its former straightness. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal ix, The straightness and purity of the girl's purpose upheld her. 1915W. K. Holmes Ballads of Field & Billet 49 He likes to boast to youngsters of his age, The straightness of his back, his sight, his health. |