straight-shooting

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

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straight-shooting

NBC is betting that some not insignificant portion of the huge audience for the debate will want somewhere to turn afterward, for context, relief, a good time and some straight-shooting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

He has acted instead with massive hubris and ambition, yet somehow the myth of the straight-shooting Midwestern umpire endures.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

His assessment of the performance against Cyprus was an exercise in straight-shooting.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2023

Fukuyama has a modest, straight-shooting demeanor, but he can display a wry competitive streak.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2022

These active, hard-riding, straight-shooting, open-order men are doing real work, and are not being stupefied by drill-ground routine, or rendered listless by file-closer prompting or sleepy reiteration.

From Crooked Trails by Frederic Remington

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