Meaning of free-spoken | Babel Free

Definitions

Characterized by direct and open expression of views, feelings, etc.

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Examples

“He was a very free-spoken man (the gentry of those days were much prouder than at present⟳), and used to say⟳ to me in his haughty easy way, "Hang⟳ it, Mr. Barry, you have⟳ no more manners than a barber."”

“You can imagine⟳ what fairly free-spoken girls will ask⟳ when they come⟳ to the point⟳ of not caring what they say⟳.”

“She had views of her own⟳ and was free-spoken to a fault.”

“Look⟳ at 21st-century Britons, tongue-tied in conversation, groping for some PC euphemism (“If I’m allowed to say⟳ that…”) in what was once the most iconically free-spoken country on earth.”

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