straight
/streɪt/ adjectiveDefinition
› honest and clear: When quizzed, the candidate failed to give a straight answer.be straight with sb Until recently, politicians were reluctant to be straight with the electorate on the issue of their expenses.
› following one after another without an interruption: It is the company's sixth straight year of declining revenue.
(Definition of straight adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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