plain-spoken

plain-spo·ken

[pleyn-spoh-kuhn]
adjective
1.
candid; frank; blunt.
2.
using simple, direct language: a plain-spoken politician.

Origin:
1670–80


direct, open, forthright.
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plain-spoken
 
adj
candid; frank; blunt

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Plain-spoken is always a great word to know.
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plain-spoken
1670s, from plain (adj.).
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