forthright vs truth-telling

forthright

adj

  • Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct. 

  • Markedly simple. 

  • Fixed; settled; decided. 

  • Frank, outspoken. 

adv

  • Swiftly. 

  • At once, forthwith. 

  • Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly. 

truth-telling

adj

  • Telling the truth; honest, frank. 

noun

  • The act of telling the truth. 

How often have the words forthright and truth-telling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )