straight arrow
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who behaves according to conventional standards; one noted for honesty and integrity.
American usage; Informal
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, arrow.
Example Sentences
- "He was put down at first as a "straight arrow" — a do-gooder — and the description was sometimes accompanied by the cry, "ugh." as in old Westerns when the settler is shot by the wily redskin."
- "But he might not be a straight arrow. I'm going to get the dirt on him from someone."
- "My great-grandpa had a reputation as a straight arrow, because he was so honest in all his dealings."
- "If there is any man in our family who was and is a straight arrow, it is Kearn."
- "I folded my arms across my chest. "I'm about to open a weed café! How is that being a straight arrow?""
- "The goal can not be attained by a straight arrow flight."