how to pronounce directness

/dɚˈɛktnəs/

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directness is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of directness in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… by the directness of the of the …”

meanings of directness

noun:

The state or quality of being direct.

directness frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word directness occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics directness can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that directness can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;