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adj. clear and simple VERBS appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound | find sth I think you'll find it all quite straightforward. ADV. extremely, remarkably, very | absolutely, entirely, perfectly, quite Look, it's perfectly straightforward?just multiply everything by five. | by no means, far from, hardly, less than Getting funding for the project was far from straightforward. | comparatively, fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively | apparently | deceptively The answer to this question is deceptively straightforward (= more straightforward than it looks). honest VERBS be, seem ADV. very | quite | refreshingly a refreshingly straightforward attitude PREP. about, with He was quite straightforward with us about the difficulties involved.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary