forthright
FORTH-riteadjMeaning direct and outspoken; saying plainly what one thinks
Memory hook FORTH-RIGHT: steps FORTH, says it RIGHT. When Rex cuts into the ticket line, Maya steps forth and says it right out: “That’s not fair. The line starts back there.” She is forthright.
The forthright referee explained exactly why the goal did not count.
In context Instead of hinting that the budget was a problem, the treasurer was forthright: she stood up at the meeting and said the club would run out of money by June.
Similar direct, frank, outspoken, plainspoken
Opposite evasive, indirect, devious
From Old English forthriht, “straight forward”: forth (forward) + riht (straight).