Backstairs and Forthright

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Backstairs adjective - Undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others.

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Forthright is an antonym for backstairs in topics: uncommunicative, underhand.

Forthright adjective - Free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions.

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Backstairs is an antonym for forthright.

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