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 #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:54 am Meaning of "straightforward" |
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Hi apo
The word straightforward isn't really synonymous with 'immediate'. Straightforward indicates directness in the sense that what is being done is not done in a roundabout way.
For example, straightforward statement comes straight or directly to the point without beating around the bush. :D
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:57 am Straightforward |
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Hi all potted out,
Your sentence:
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| Surgery to remove an inflamed appendix is immediate, but straightforward. |
Throws up two ideas: the appendix is inflamed and therefore needs to be done immediately but although this is the case, the operation is straightforward meaning not complicated but routine.
Straightforward describes a process that is relatively simple to follow.
Possibly you are thinking of another word -straightaway meaning immediately. You could put the two words in the same sentence: Although the surgeon needs to operate straightaway, the operation is straightforward.
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