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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLA'IN-SPOKEN, a. Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Plain-spoken Plain"-spo`ken, a. Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also plainspoken If you say that someone is plain-spoken, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even when they know that what they say may not please other people. ...a plain-spoken American full of scorn for pomp and pretense. = frank ADJ [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Frank, candid, blunt, open, free-spoken, plain of speech.