straightness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]straightness (countable and uncountable, plural straightnesses)
- (countable) The result or product of being straight.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").