plainspoken

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But Mr. Markovits’s writing is restrained and plainspoken, and it draws us in with the fidelity by which it inhabits Tom’s dejection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Even plainspoken terms like “nature” are suspect, in Hawken’s view: The concept only seems to exist to mark a separation between humans and the rest of the world.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

“I think we’ve done a lot of work in the last decade,” added Valladares, 44, who is more plainspoken and sharper-tongued than her co-chair.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Kristofferson's plainspoken vocals may have lacked range but they carried something more important - conviction.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

It was the plainspoken convictions of one of Atlanta’s numerous young black collegians who often visited our local Temple Fifteen.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey