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outspokenly

 [out-spoh-kuhn]   Origin

out·spo·ken

   [out-spoh-kuhn]
adjective
1.
uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
2.
free or unreserved in speech.
verb
3.
past participle of outspeak.

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Origin:
1800–10; out- + spoken

Related forms
out·spo·ken·ly, adverb
out·spo·ken·ness, noun
un·out·spo·ken, adjective

Synonyms
1. See frank.

Antonyms
2. taciturn.

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outspoken
"given to speaking freely," 1808, originally Scottish, from out + pt. of speak (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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