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Definitions

straight-from-the-shoulder

[streyt-fruhm-thuh-shohl-der] / ˈstreɪt frəm ðəˈʃoʊl dər /

ADJECTIVE

frank

Synonyms

WEAK

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 like it is 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

Example Sentences

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For years Lawrenceville boys have hung on Erd Harris' sessions at the piano�as well as his straight-from-the-shoulder homilies in chapel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kinmond asked straight-from-the-shoulder questions and often got surprisingly frank replies from English-speaking guides and government officials.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the warm Willkie personality, the straight-from-the-shoulder talk obviously changed or troubled the minds of some anti-Willkie GOPartisans.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his straight-from-the-shoulder critique of U. S. shipping last year, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, then commission chairman, recommended Government-run training schools for seamen as one sure way of insuring a skilled personnel.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was no good trying some tricky approach; his best bet was the straight-from-the-shoulder bit.

From Greylorn by Laumer, Keith