noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
childlike innocence/simplicity/directness
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‘You know I love you,’ she said with childlike simplicity.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He still had enough rural conservatism to find this directness startling.
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I argued that drama is not in itself direct, that indeed its power lies in its seeming directness .
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I desire to reply with equal directness .
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MacLaine seems to savor such amusingly earthy directness .
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She speaks with an almost childlike directness that wins over the most sceptical audience.
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There is a directness , a genuine sense of conviction in these words which extend far beyond strategic posing.
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They have learned that directness can be a liability, benefiting the administration and Democratic members of Congress.