The phrase "as a forthright" is not correct in standard English usage.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks context to convey a clear meaning.
Example: "As a forthright individual, she always speaks her mind without hesitation."
Alternatives: "as a candid person" or "as an outspoken individual."
Bill de Blasio, the city's ombudsman, campaigned as a forthright leftist; he trounced his Republican rival by 73% to 24%.
Smith strikes me now – more than a decade after his frontline career ended – as a forthright, perhaps even courageous politician.
Don't the Moon Look LonesomeBy Stanley Crouch.Pantheon; 560 pages; $26.95STANLEY CROUCH has made a reputation as a forthright, even combative critic with an informing passion for jazz.
His 1949 book, "The Problem Drinker," was praised in a New York Times review as "a forthright, concise and helpful examination of an insidious scourge".
They praise him as a competent manager and as a forthright, progressive, and effective national voice on public health, gun control, the environment, gay rights, abortion rights, and many other issues important to New Yorkers.
Often mocked as "Old Slow Trot" or "Pap" – names that belied his thoughtful and deliberative demeanor – Thomas emerged from Mill Springs as a forthright and humble hero for a nation desperately seeking hope in the winter of early 1862.
"I believe the bishops have tried to be as open and as forthright as possible," Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in an interview this week.
Four days after Mr Calderón's cautious call for debate, Vicente Fox, his predecessor as president, issued a forthright demand for the legalisation of the production, sale and distribution of all drugs.
Wollaston was duly elected in 2010 and emerged as a popular, forthright backbencher, a candid critic of Andrew Lansley's top-down NHS reforms and much else.
Fellow BBC commentator, Jack Bannister felt that Agnew's comments were inappropriate, but only to the extent that he had referred to his friendship with Atherton: Bannister advised Agnew that he should continue to be honest and forthright as a reporter.
As Portia, Ms. MacCluggage radiates a forthright intelligence inflected with both humor and, when she has declared her love for Bassanio (Lucas Hall), a glowing warmth.
