Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Speaking or spoken with plain, unreserved sincerity; frank.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective using simple and direct language
- adjective characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
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Examples
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In November forestry minister, Jim Paice, a tactlessly plain-spoken farmer from East Anglia not too many forests there, told a Commons committee that the government envisaged "a very substantial disposal of the public forest estate which could go to the extent of all of it".
Forestry sell-off: public and political opposition forced U-turn 2011
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"If George W. Bush can run for President, so can I," came the initial shrugged sentiment in the camp of a pragmatic, plain-spoken governor of Vermont who ignited a movement that would go on to elect the first African-American President to the White House.
Andrea Chalupa: Howard Dean as John the Baptist and Other Big Ideas at the Little Idea Andrea Chalupa 2010
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Still, the report has plenty of new information and plain-spoken advice for the future.
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He was just plain-spoken and he was, nodoubt, speaking my language.
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Still, the report has plenty of new information and plain-spoken advice for the future.
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"If George W. Bush can run for President, so can I," came the initial shrugged sentiment in the camp of a pragmatic, plain-spoken governor of Vermont who ignited a movement that would go on to elect the first African-American President to the White House.
Andrea Chalupa: Howard Dean as John the Baptist and Other Big Ideas at the Little Idea Andrea Chalupa 2010
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He's dealing with the security situation that our country faces today... and he's dealing with it in a very plain-spoken way.
Iraq's Indecision Fuels Panetta's Frustration Adam Entous 2011
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But beyond the beauty of these plain-spoken poems is the production quality of this fine looking chapbook.
charles p. ries | ries reviews « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Douglas Wilson, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, called Mr. Panetta "a plain-spoken secretary," and said Mr. Panetta's main point was that U.S. "troops are here today" because al Qaeda still has a presence in the country and the U.S. is determined to crush the group.
Iraq's Indecision Fuels Panetta's Frustration Adam Entous 2011
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He was just plain-spoken and he was, nodoubt, speaking my language.
Finger Lakes Dines 2009
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