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Definition of Free-spoken
1. Adjective. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. "A point-blank accusation"
Similar to: Direct
Derivative terms: Bluntness, Candidness, Forthrightness, Frankness, Frankness, Outspokenness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Free-spoken
Literary usage of Free-spoken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Frank, candid, blunt, open, free-spoken, plain of speech. Plaint, n. I. Lamentation,
lament, moan, wail, cry, complaint. Plaintiff, я. Accuser, prosecutor. ..."
2. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"Cf. free-spoken, below. FREE-HOLLY, sb. the smooth, tipper foliage of Hex Aquifolium,
... Milton employs this term—' free-spoken and plain-hearted men. ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1892)
"Why, a free-spoken man, of sound lungs, cannot draw a long breath, ... They are
afraid to print a whole sentence, a sound sentence, a free-spoken sentence. ..."
4. A Danish-English Dictionary by James Stephen Ferrall, Þorleifur Guðmundsson Repp (1845)
"... free-spoken. ... exemption, dispensation ; -taten= I, adj. free-spoken,
frank ; -ta(eilf)et, ..."
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