n. The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").
n. The result or product of being straight.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality, condition, or state, of being straight.
n. A variant of straitness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The property or state of being straight.
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n. freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
n. having honest intentions
n. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
n. (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
n. trueness of course toward a goal
Word Usage
"The qualities that seem to have attracted Karin Boye in these poems are the ones associated with emotional and spiritual directness, or 'erectness' or 'straightness' - rakhet."