fair-spoken

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For 70 of these 90 years, he has been 'a scholar and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.'

From Time Magazine Archive

‘I am Mr. Brandybuck. Is that enough for you? The Bree-folk used to be fair-spoken to travellers, or so I had heard.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Some friends of mine, who had personal intercourse with him, described him as a fair-spoken gentleman.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

In this fair-spoken message we unhappily find no suggestion that Austria would stop its mobilization, or its military operations against Servia.

From The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)

“Well, I pity him from my heart; for he is a good youth and a fair-spoken and a handsome, too; and I’m sure that he has no idea of his unfortunate situation.”

From The Privateersman by Marryat, Frederick