straight-from-the-shoulder

[streyt-fruhm-thuh-shohl-der] / ˈstreɪt frəm ðəˈʃoʊl dər /

ADJECTIVE

frank

Synonyms

WEAK

aboveboard apparent artless bare-faced blunt bold brazen call a spade a spade candid direct downright easy familiar flat-out forthright free from the hip guileless heart-to-heart honest ingenuous lay it on the line like it is man-to-man matter-of-fact naive natural open outright outspoken plain plain-spoken plainspoken real saying what one thinks scrupulous sincere straight straight-out straightforward transparent truthful unconcealed undisguised uninhibited unreserved unrestricted up front upright

Example Sentences

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For years Lawrenceville boys have hung on Erd Harris' sessions at the piano�as well as his straight-from-the-shoulder homilies in chapel.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his straight-from-the-shoulder critique of U. S. shipping last year, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, then commission chairman, recommended Government-run training schools for seamen as one sure way of insuring a skilled personnel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miller has always been at his best on such field trips, speaking fluent, straight-from-the-shoulder Spanish and handling himself with tact and wit.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Indian emissaries got plenty of straight-from-the-shoulder advice in Washington and New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within the few hours he had come to like the old professor, for Longstreet, though academic, was a straight-from-the-shoulder type of man, one of no subterfuges.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson