Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

straight-arrow

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: straight-ar-row
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of straight arrow.

adj

Alternative form of straight arrow.

Example Sentences

"A ruggedly-handsome man, he had an open, friendly face; he was known as a straight-arrow."
"All my life I had been a very clean-cut guy, sort of a “straight-arrow,” an outdoors, hunting and fishing kind of guy."
"The guy's a straight-arrow, and he's definitely got the president's back."
"But how did a straight-arrow like you wind up with a friend like that?"
"The difficulties attracted him, as well as the aesthetics of the route he wanted to follow – a straight-arrow ridge to the top."
"Savor a paved and peaceful route through endless fields as you follow a straight-arrow road to an intersection with the secondary road for Grossbostheim."

Inflected Forms

straight-arrows (plural) more straight-arrow (comparative) most straight-arrow (superlative)

Synonyms

straightarrow

Questions

What does straight-arrow mean?: Alternative form of straight arrow.

How to pronounce straight-arrow

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