straighter
adjective
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Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
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(of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
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Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
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Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
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Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
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Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
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Serious rather than comedic.
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In proper order; as it should be.
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In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
“After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.”
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Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
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Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
“a straight Democrat”
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Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
“a straight ballot”
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Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable.
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Heterosexual, attracted to people of the opposite sex.
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(of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex.
“straight marriage, sex, relationship”
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Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
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Not plus size; thin.
“shopping at a straight-sized store”
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Strait; narrow.
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Stretched out; fully extended.
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Thorough; utter; unqualified.
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Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
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Concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straight.
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