honest and not hiding what you think in English:

She's really straightforward.

He is usually straightforward and sincere and thereby gains the confidence of those who meet him.

It is a straightforward, pragmatic amendment to meet a specific need.

simple and easy to understand [≠ complicated] This area of law is far from straightforward (=complicated).

When the design emerged it was surprisingly simple and straightforward. expand_more

My father is a hard-working, straightforward, and modest person.

We have to be ready not only for a straightforward test of strength, but also for a struggle in which every strategy comes into play.

I prefer a straightforward man like him.

It's a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer. It would seem to be a general truth that nothing is as straightforward as it at first seems.

The directions you gave me were very straightforward, thank you.

straightforward instructions a straightforward person

straightforward influense

We would rather just get straightforward information from the high school.

Making a clean separation between the "useful" and the "useless" is about as straightforward as drawing the fine line between water and ice.