forthright vs skulking

forthright

adj
  • Markedly simple. 

  • Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct. 

  • Fixed; settled; decided. 

  • Frank, outspoken. 

adv
  • Swiftly. 

  • At once, forthwith. 

  • Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly. 

skulking

noun
  • The action of one who skulks. 

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