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Meaning of "straightforward"



 
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Meaning of "straightforward" #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:44 am   Meaning of "straightforward"
 

Dear Teachers,

What I read was "Surgery to remove an inflamed appendix is immediate, but straightforward."

I thought "immediate" and "straightforward" are the same ideas. Why does it say immediate "but" straightforward?
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Meaning of "straightforward" #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:54 am   Meaning of "straightforward"
 

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. Very Happy

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Straightforward #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:57 am   Straightforward
 

Hi all potted out,

Your sentence:

Quote:
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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