forthrightly

Example Sentences

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Justice Kagan says forthrightly that this is a virtue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Sunday on CNN, however, Jake Tapper put the issue forthrightly.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

It’s rare to watch an actor contend with their decisions so forthrightly, to admit to and accept the fact that they’ve let themselves be subsumed by stardom.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

To her supporters, that’s the point: unlike other ministers she was willing to tell MPs what she believed and make the case for it forthrightly.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien