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PLAINSPOKEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plainspoken mean?
• PLAINSPOKEN (adjective)
The adjective PLAINSPOKEN has 2 senses:
1. using simple and direct language
2. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Familiarity information: PLAINSPOKEN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Using simple and direct language
Context example:
a plainspoken country doctor
Similar:
unrhetorical (not rhetorical)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Synonyms:
blunt; candid; forthright; frank; free-spoken; outspoken; plainspoken; point-blank; straight-from-the-shoulder
Context example:
a point-blank accusation
Similar:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
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