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plain-spoken

plain-spoken is the alternative spelling of plainspoken.

Meaning of plainspoken

Adjective

plainspoken (comparative more plainspoken, superlative most plainspoken)

  1. Speaking in a forthright manner.
    • He was a plainspoken fellow with plenty of amazing stories to tell.

Forms of plain-spoken

comparativemore plain-spoken
superlativemost plain-spoken

Questions about plain-spoken

What is plain-spoken the alternative spelling of?
Plain-spoken is the alternative spelling of plainspoken.

Words near plain-spoken in the dictionary

  1. plain-sawn
  2. plain-saws
  3. plain-song
  4. plain-songs
  5. plain-speaking
  6. plain-spoken
  7. plain-vanilla
  8. plain-winged
  9. plain-winged antshrike
  10. plain-winged antshrikes
  11. plain-woven

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plain-spoken (page history and authors); plainspoken (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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