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plain-dealing

plain-dealing is the alternative form of plain dealing.

Meaning of plain dealing

Noun

plain dealing (countable and uncountable, plural plain dealings)

  1. (idiomatic) Straightforward honesty, without guile or deception.

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Forms of plain-dealing

Noun
pluralplain-dealings
Adjective
comparativemore plain-dealing
superlativemost plain-dealing

Questions about plain-dealing

What is plain-dealing the alternative form of?
Plain-dealing is the alternative form of plain dealing.

Words near plain-dealing in the dictionary

  1. plain wrappers
  2. plain-breasted hawk
  3. plain-breasted hawks
  4. plain-clothed
  5. plain-clothes
  6. plain-dealing
  7. plain-dealings
  8. plain-hearted
  9. plain-laid
  10. plain-looking
  11. plain-sailing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plain-dealing (page history and authors); plain dealing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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