adj.
1 clear and simple
VERBS
▪ appear , be , look , prove , seem , sound
▪ find sth
▪
I think you'll find it all quite ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ perfectly , quite
▪
Look, it's perfectly straightforward—just multiply everything by five.
▪ by no means ( esp. BrE ), far from , less than , not entirely
▪
Getting funding for the project was far from ~.
▪ comparatively , reasonably , relatively
▪ apparently , seemingly
▪ deceptively , surprisingly
▪
The answer to this question is deceptively ~ ( = more straightforward than it looks ).
2 honest
VERBS
▪ be , seem
ADVERB
▪ very
▪ quite
▪ refreshingly
▪
a refreshingly ~ attitude
PREPOSITION
▪ about , with
▪
He was very ~ with us about the difficulties involved.
Straightforward is used with these nouns: ↑ answer , ↑ approach , ↑ example , ↑ exercise , ↑ fact , ↑ fashion , ↑ interpretation , ↑ manner , ↑ narrative , ↑ procedure , ↑ prose , ↑ story