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    PLAINSPOKEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasionplay

    Example:

    a point-blank accusation

    Synonyms:

    blunt; candid; forthright; frank; free-spoken; outspoken; plainspoken; point-blank; straight-from-the-shoulder

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Using simple and direct languageplay

    Example:

    a plainspoken country doctor

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    unrhetorical (not rhetorical)

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