Plain-spoken |
Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. |
a. |
Pretty |
Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. |
superl. |
Pretty |
Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. |
superl. |
Pretty |
Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. |
superl. |
Pretty |
Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. |
superl. |
Pretty |
Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. |
superl. |
Pretty |
In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. |
adv. |
Short-spoken |
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. |
a. |
Smooth-spoken |
Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued. |
a. |
Soft-spoken |
Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable. |
a. |
Spoken |
of Speak |
p. p. |
Spoken |
Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. |
a. |
Spoken |
Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. |
a. |
Straight-spoken |
Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. |
a. |
Well-spoken |
Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. |
a. |
Well-spoken |
Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words. |
a. |
Faair-spoken |
Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. |
a. |
Foul-spoken |
Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language. |
a. |
Free-spoken |
Accustomed to speak without reserve. |
a. |