straighter

Adjective

straight (comparative straighter, superlative straightest)

1. Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
   • I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
2. (usually, trajectory) Direct, undeviating.
   • Now, as the world knows, the straightest way to the heart of the honest voter is through the women of the land, and the straightest way to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with rural politicians, is to kiss the babies wide and far.1913, John Fox, Jr., The Kentuckians, page 185
3. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
   • Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it?1925, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 1, Charges Against William E. Baker, U.S. District Judge
4. Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
   • Steyn continues and it's all a bit more orderly down his end as O'Brien defends the first three balls with a straight bat and a respectful dip of the head.2011 March 15, Alan Gardner, Barney Ronay, The Guardian
5. Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
6. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
   • Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions[…].2003 April 24, Rosie Cowan, The Guardian

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