Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plainness or bluntness of speech; candor; frankness.
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Examples
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If we work together to advance common values and common interests, and sidestep propaganda in the name of plain-speaking, Ukraine can still revive its democracy and assure its place in Europe and in the world's community of democracies.
Letter From a Kiev Jail Yulia Tymoshenko 2011
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If we work together to advance common values and common interests, and to sidestep propaganda in the name of plain-speaking, Ukraine can still revive its democracy and assure its place in Europe and in the world's community of democracies.
Letter From a Kiev Jail Yulia Tymoshenko 2011
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While those skills made LaHood an attractive Cabinet choice, he has become better known as a plain-speaking advocate for safer driving and job-creating transportation projects.
FOXNews.com 2011
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While those skills made LaHood an attractive Cabinet choice, he has become better known as a plain-speaking advocate for safer driving and job-creating transportation projects.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By JOAN LOWY 2011
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It's the hard-working, plain-speaking folks who share a love for their city and a determination to keep it strong.
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A Nascar rally would be classic Sarah Palin territory: had she strutted on stage in her Levis, toting her hunting rifle, she would have been emphatically cheered as a strong, plain-speaking, all-American woman.
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And everyone who matters is with him on this because "Eight Pints", as he is known here, doesn't embarrass easily – if at all – and has always been heroically plain-speaking.
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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Repeatedly pressed to say in the Commons if Werritty had received cash from clients due to his access to Fox, the normally plain-speaking defence secretary said: "When it comes to the pecuniary interests of Mr Werritty in those conferences, I am absolutely confident that he was not dependent on any transactional behaviour to maintain his income."
Liam Fox battles to save career as PM gives only conditional support 2011
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Lord Falconer said, We expect that with Simon and His Highness, both known for their plain-speaking, sparks will fly!
Monarchy Faces Constitutional Reform Dungeekin 2009
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Lord Falconer said, We expect that with Simon and His Highness, both known for their plain-speaking, sparks will fly!
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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