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upfrontness

upfrontness noun: the quality of being upfront.

Noun

upfrontness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being upfront.
    • Betty's antique, wealthy, don't-confront-the-issue style clashed sharply with Jane's tough, working-class up-frontness.1982 April 24, Cindy Patton, “So Much to Gain So Little to Lose: Getting to Know Buffy Dunker”, in Gay Community News, page 9
    • 10,000 BC owes a debt to Bear Gryll's The Island, although that was all men and this is half women. This show also begins with an admirable upfrontness about the little compromises that mean the experience is not quite as prehistoric as all that.2015 February 3, Tim Dowling, “10,000 BC review: 'It might make you wish you lived in a time before television'”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of upfrontness

alternative formup-frontness

Origin of upfrontness

From upfront + -ness.

Questions about upfrontness

What does upfrontness mean?
Upfrontness means the quality of being upfront.
What part of speech is upfrontness?
Upfrontness is a noun.

Words near upfrontness in the dictionary

  1. upforce
  2. upforces
  3. upfront
  4. upfronted
  5. upfronting
  6. upfrontness
  7. upfronts
  8. UPFs
  9. upfuckery
  10. upful
  11. upfurl

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