like it is

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tactful tricky

devious dishonest secret untruthful

blunt bold brazen direct familiar free heart-to-heart natural open plain real straight upright

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abnormal ambiguous different dishonest indirect lying unclear uncommon vague

devious evasive insincere secretive

authentic conscientious decent equitable fair forthright genuine honorable impartial proper reliable sincere straightforward true trustworthy virtuous

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biased corrupt counterfeit deceitful deceptive devious dishonest false insincere irresponsible partial prejudiced unfair unjust unreal unreasonable unreliable unsuitable untrustworthy

fraudulent lying misleading treacherous untruthful

detached disinterested dispassionate equitable evenhanded nonpartisan open-minded unbiased

cold cool straight

impersonal judicial just nondiscriminatory strictly business uncolored unemotional uninvolved unprejudiced unprepossessed

biased interested involved partial passionate prejudiced subjective

excited friendly hot warm

unfair

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artful deceitful devious dishonest lying tactful tricky untruthful

candid earnest for real forthright genuine heartfelt outspoken real serious true trustworthy

24-carat aboveboard actual artless bona fide dead-level dear devout faithful frank guileless honest-to-God honest-to-goodness meant natural no-fooling no-nonsense on the level on the line on the up and up open plain pretensionless regular righteous saintly square sure-enough true-blue unaffected undesigning undissembled unfeigned unpretentious up-front wholehearted

counterfeit deceitful devious dishonest false flippant insincere invalid untrustworthy

tricky

candid forthright genuine sincere truthful unequivocal

aboveboard barefaced direct frank guileless honorable just laid on the line level mellow open outspoken plain plain-dealing pretenseless square-shooting straight straight-arrow talking turkey unconcealed undisguised undissembled undissembling unvarnished up front upright upstanding veracious

devious dishonest insincere lying tricky untruthful

complicated deceitful difficult hard indirect involved

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aboveboard apparent artless bare-faced blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright

aboveboard apparent artless bare-faced blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straight-out straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright

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deceitful devious dishonest false imprecise inaccurate incorrect inexact insincere tricky unreliable untrustworthy untruthful

hypocritical lying

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false untrue

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air disposition headset inclination leaning opinion predilection temper thinking

frame of mind mental state school of thought vantage point way of looking way of thinking where one is at

action case plight position quality situation status

ballgame estate happening mode order posture predicament rank repair reputation riff scene shape sphere spot standing state trim

how it goes how things are how things stack up lay of the land size of it state of affairs status quo way things are way things shape up where it's at

case evidence experience law matter

actuality appearance authenticity basis certainty certitude dope genuineness gospel intelligence palpability permanence scene scripture solidity stability substantiality verity

bottom line brass tacks concrete happening gospel truth how it is naked truth what's what

theory

fabrication lie

certainty clue cue data details dope gospel info numbers poop reality scoop score story

bottom line brass tacks inside dope lowdown whole story

hypothesis theory

lies

arrangement attitude ballgame bearing carriage circumstances condition deportment disposition emplacement form habit location manner mien pass placement plight port pose predicament site situation spot stand state status strait

how things stack up the size of it

boon disarrangement good fortune solution success

arrangement attitude condition situation spot stand state status

ballgame bearing carriage circumstances deportment disposition form habit manner mien pass plight port pose predicament strait

how things stack up the size of it

disarrangement good fortune solution

unemployment

existence matter phenomenon real world realism sensibility truth

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bottom line brass tacks how things are name of the game nuts and bolts way of it what's what

abstract concept falseness idea

belief fantasy hypothesis imagination theory

case condition place plight position scene

ballgame bargain capacity character footing mode picture posture rank sphere stage standing standpoint state station

how things stack up size of it state of affairs status quo

unemployment

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honest-to-god truth real McCoy straight stuff

deceit dishonesty falsehood lying unfairness

falseness hypothesis imprecision inaccuracy inexactness infidelity theory

falsity

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