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FREE-SPOKEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free-spoken mean?
• FREE-SPOKEN (adjective)
The adjective FREE-SPOKEN has 1 sense:
1. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Familiarity information: FREE-SPOKEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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)
Context examples
She was always a very affable and free-spoken young lady, and very civil behaved.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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