plain-dealing
Example Sentences
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Decency, fairness and plain-dealing - doing "the right thing" if you like - appear often to be in short supply.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2016
On the other hand, “It must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain. I am trusted with a muzzle,” Don John, the cruel and moody brother in “Much Ado About Nothing,” says.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 9, 2015
"We are plain-dealing and plain-speaking people," he said, "and we should like to know where we stand with Italy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Figuring that $10 a ticket was more than the party was worth, New Mexico's plain-dealing Governor John E. Miles vetoed plans for an inaugural ball to celebrate his second term.
From Time Magazine Archive
That men are not very scrupulous touching the humility due to God, but are so tenacious of their own privileges in this particular, they will confide in plausible rogues rather than in plain-dealing honesty.
From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore
