Definition of Plainspokenness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plainspokenness

plainnesses
plains
plains-wanderer
plains-wanderers
plains lemon monarda
plains pocket gopher
plains pocket mouse
plains spadefoot
plains wanderer
plains zebra
plainsman
plainsmen
plainsong
plainsongs
plainspoken
plainspokenness (current term)
plainswoman
plainswomen
plaint
plaintext
plaintexts
plaintful
plaintiff
plaintiff in error
plaintiffs
plaintive
plaintively
plaintiveness
plaintivenesses
plaintless

Literary usage of Plainspokenness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"The plainspokenness of these moor people, their directness of thought and action, blow like the rude, clear air of the tors through our charily-opened city ..."

2. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"The plainspokenness of these moor people, their directness of thought and action, blow like the rude, clear air of the tors through our charily-opened city ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Croker also softened in some cases the plainspokenness of the original. Hervey's bitter account of court life and intrigues resembles in many points the ..."

4. In the Olden Time by Margaret Roberts (1883)
"Fearful at once of his plainspokenness and of his violent temper, his father left him in Burgstein, where he ruled at his ..."

5. The Union of England and Scotland by James Mackinnon (1907)
"The duke of Argyle threw himself into the strife with all the energy and plainspokenness of the dashing soldier. He repelled with warmth the insinuation ..."

6. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"The plainspokenness of these moor people, their directness of thought and action, blow like the rude, clear air of the tors through our charily-opened city ..."

7. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"The plainspokenness of these moor people, their directness of thought and action, blow like the rude, clear air of the tors through our charily-opened city ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Croker also softened in some cases the plainspokenness of the original. Hervey's bitter account of court life and intrigues resembles in many points the ..."

9. In the Olden Time by Margaret Roberts (1883)
"Fearful at once of his plainspokenness and of his violent temper, his father left him in Burgstein, where he ruled at his ..."

10. The Union of England and Scotland by James Mackinnon (1907)
"The duke of Argyle threw himself into the strife with all the energy and plainspokenness of the dashing soldier. He repelled with warmth the insinuation ..."

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