Qualities

Synonyms for directness

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 5, SummitQualities

trueness of course toward a goal

Rivaling a hawk in directness of aim.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

straightness

Same sentence, swapped: Rivaling a hawk in straightness of aim.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for directness as it is used in the sentence above.

candour
incompatibility
compatibility

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