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Definition of "straightness" [straight•ness]

  • The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual"). (noun)
  • The result or product of being straight. (noun)

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Use "straightness" in a sentence
  • "When someone tries to release a tape of said Republican making out in an elevator with a (married) lady to prove his straightness, that is, indeed, high comedy."
  • "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."
  • "When we have mastered the notion of straightness, we have also mastered that aspect of it expressed by the affirmation that two straight lines can not inclose a space."