Plainspoken

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Speaking in a forthright manner.

    "He was a plainspoken fellow with plenty of amazing stories to tell."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion wordnet
  2. 2
    using simple and direct language wordnet

Synonyms

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bluffbluntcandidforthrightfrankfree-spoken

Example

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"He was a plainspoken fellow with plenty of amazing stories to tell."

Etymology

From plain + spoken.

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