Word Meanings - STRAIGHTSPOKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [Colloq. U.S.] Lowell.

• PLAINHEARTED
  Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• Plainness
  The quality or state of being plain.
• PLAINLAID
  Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
• Colloquial
  Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.
• Plainsman
  One who lives in the plains.
• PLAINSPOKEN
  Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.
• Colloquialism
  A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.
• Plain-spoken
  Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words.
• Colloquialize
  To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.
• Colloquist
  A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue.
• Plaintful
  Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.
• Colloquies
  of Colloquy
• Plaintiff
  One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
• Plaintive
  Repining; complaining; lamenting.
• Directness
  The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
• Plaintless
  Without complaint; unrepining.

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