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Meanings of straightness in English

Portuguese
heterossexualidade
Catalan
heterosexualitat
Wikidata

A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex.

        heterossexualidade
        Catalan
        sinceritat
        Spanish
        lo directo

        Trueness of course toward a goal.

            sinceritat
            Synonyms
            Examples for "heterosexuality"
            Examples for "heterosexuality"
            1
            The future of heterosexuality And those categories have lingered to this day.
            BBC
            2
            I wore my disobedience and resistance to heterosexuality like a badge of honour.
            The Guardian
            3
            It's a cautionary tale, warning of the evils of rampant heterosexuality.
            Complete Books of Blood
            4
            Partly, I suppose, the problem in my case has been to imitate heterosexuality convincingly.
            The Irish Times
            5
            The truth is, they're afraid because heterosexuality is so fragile.
            Ebony
            Portuguese
            retitude

            Freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles.

                  retitude

                  (Of hair) lack of a tendency to curl.

                        Usage of straightness in English
                        1
                        But in the new portions there was not this adherence to straightness.
                        Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
                        2
                        It loads at the breech, and fires with great force and straightness.
                        Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
                        3
                        This was intended to preserve the straightness and grace of her figure.
                        Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
                        4
                        Its flood pools, all the frightening straightness of its line, still here.
                        Voice of the Fire
                        5
                        We show that progesterone positively affects microtubule plus-end growth and track straightness.
                        Pubmed
                        6
                        Looking back when they nooned, Harding noticed the straightness of their course.
                        The Intriguers
                        7
                        And in the circumstances straightness was to be preferred to distance.
                        The Clicking of Cuthbert
                        8
                        But it was only the result of the military straightness of his body.
                        The Man in the Twilight
                        9
                        He turned then, and saw her sitting with unwonted straightness at the table.
                        The Nest Builder: A Novel
                        10
                        The straightness of her nose was certainly comforting, but it, too, was short.
                        The Freelands
                        11
                        I flatter myself Lady Ailesbury's arm has recovered its straightness and its cunning.
                        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
                        12
                        We were discussing the merits of directness in speech and straightness in every way.
                        Phyllis of Philistia
                        13
                        The tracing is remarkable only from its simplicity and the straightness of the lines.
                        The Power of Movement in Plants
                        14
                        The professional straightness of his figure relaxed into the elastic grace of an athlete.
                        The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 2
                        15
                        She paused again and the line of her mouth took on a grimmer straightness.
                        Stubble
                        16
                        The majority were Norwegians, whose courage and straightness of character are matters beyond doubt.
                        Notes on Life & Letters
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