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Meaning of plain speech | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and characterized by features such as use of the pronoun “thou” and numerical names for months and days of the week.
Quakerism, uncountable
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see plain, speech.
uncountable

Examples

“Another element of the “plain speech” is the use ⟳ of such terms as “farewell” for “good day”—which is declared to be untruthful on bad days!”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

plain tall plain text plain truth plain view doctrine plain water plain weave

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