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Dictionary Results for plainspoken:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

plainspoken
    adj 1: using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country
           doctor"
    2: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
       subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting";
       "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid
       opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to
       the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as
       well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being
       rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank
       accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank,
       free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank,
       straight-from-the-shoulder]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Plain-spoken \Plain"-spo`ken\, a.
   Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken
   sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]

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