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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNV'ARNISHED, a.
1. Not overlaid with varnish.
2. Not artificially colored or adorned; not artfully embellished; plain.
I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: unstained, unvarnished]
2: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain, unvarnished]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1605 1. a. not adorned or glossed ; plain, straightforward <told the unvarnished truth> b. artless, frank <the unvarnished candor of old people and children — Janet Flanner> 2. not coated with or as if with varnish ; crude, unfinished

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not varnished. 2 (of a statement or person) plain and straightforward (the unvarnished truth).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unpolished. 2. Unembellished, plain, unadorned, candid, simple, true.

Moby Thesaurus

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