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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Conforming to established practice or standards: button-down, conformist, conventional, establishmentarian, orthodox, traditional. Slang : square. See USUAL. 2. Proceeding or lying in an uninterrupted line or course: direct, straightforward, through. See STRAIGHT. 3. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even1, flat, flush, level, planar, plane1, smooth. See SMOOTH. 4. Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, honest, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal : straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See CLEAR, SHOW. 5. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: full-strength, neat, plain, pure, unblended, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN, STRONG. | | ADVERB: | 1. In a direct line: dead, direct, directly, due, right, straightaway. See STRAIGHT. 2. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely. Slang : smack-dab. See PRECISE.
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