straightforward manner

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straightforward
adjective
uk
/ˌstreɪtˈfɔː.wəd/us
/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːr.wɚd/
easy to understand ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofstraightforwardandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The model is closed by proposing an experimentally-motivated heuristic elastic law which allows large-strain nonlinear behaviour to be treated in a relativelystraightforwardmanner.
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In order to interpret the comparisons in a morestraightforwardmanner, we first simulated a data set with 13 microsatellites, 6 alleles each.
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There are reasons to doubt, however, that democracy affects women's education in such astraightforwardmanner.
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I liked thestraightforwardmannerin which the author describes these, and other complex procedures, with good figures and clear explanations.
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These kinds of selfconception, however, were not evolving in somestraightforwardmannertoward class consciousness and a proletarian identity.
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However, all of the essential theory is introduced in a clear andstraightforwardmannerand here the emphasis is on pedagogical exposition rather than rigorous detail.
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A non-residual application node is treated in a verystraightforwardmanner: an application node to appear in the compiler is built exactly as in the self-compiler above.
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Yet at the same time the essays provide a picture of a state that was not simply related to high imperial rule in some teleologicallystraightforwardmanner.
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He does so in a perfectlystraightforwardmanner, but he is wrong and creates a misleading impression.
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The difficulty about economists is that they can never do anything in a simplestraightforwardmanner.
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It is time that we all re-examined our attitude to that in a non-pejorative, rational,straightforwardmanner.
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He subsequently said, in his characteristicallystraightforwardmanner, that if he were wrong he would gladly withdraw that suggestion.
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I understand that a trader can apply for licences in a verystraightforwardmanner.
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The assurances have been given in a verystraightforwardmanner, and we have investigated them thoroughly.
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They suspect these things because councillors have not explained in a simple andstraightforwardmannerwhy the present situation has arisen.
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I shall take his point in a serious andstraightforwardmanner.
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He put them forward in an absolutelystraightforwardmanner.
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The amendment would do that in a simple,straightforwardmanner—and, crucially, without creating further anomalies.
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Changes have been made in the law so that the parish church cathedrals will certainly be administered in a more simple andstraightforwardmanner.
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It will not be able to detect vehicles which do not have necessary business in restricted areas in anystraightforwardmanner.
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