forthright

From Old English forþriht (“direct, plain”); equivalent to forth (adverb) +‎ right (adjective). The adverb is from Old English forþrihte (“straightway, at once, plainly”), with the adverbial suffix -e.

forthright (comparative more forthright, superlative most forthright)

1. Straightforward, not evasive, candid and direct.

   The witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.

2. Frank, outspoken.
3. Markedly simple.
4. Fixed, settled, decided.
5. (archaic) Proceeding straight forth.

• forthrightly
• forthrightness
• unforthright

forthright (comparative more forthright, superlative most forthright)

1. Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly.
2. At once, forthwith.
3. Swiftly.
4. (archaic) Directly forward, straightway.

forthright (plural forthrights)

1. (archaic) A straight path.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene iii:

     Gonzalo: […] Here's a maze trod indeed / Through forth-rights and meanders !

• “forthright” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
• “forthright” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.