fair-spoken
Example Sentences
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For 70 of these 90 years, he has been 'a scholar and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.'
From Time Magazine Archive
‘I am Mr. Brandybuck. Is that enough for you? The Bree-folk used to be fair-spoken to travellers, or so I had heard.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mr Sanderson seems a fair-spoken man, but there’s one thing I would have you remember, that he is not Jock McKillock himself.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He had that pardonable pride which will not allow a man to place himself among those who, though outwardly fair-spoken, offer the insult of a hostile and patronizing mental attitude.
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)
He was a fair-spoken gentleman, and I thought you were friends...
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.
