Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Forthrightness · Forth·right·ness · IPA /fˈɔrθrˈaɪtnəs/ 01 n. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. 1. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.[Archaic] “Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase.” — Hawthorne.