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no-nonsense

adjective as in intolerant

adjective as in no-nonsense

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In those early days, no-nonsense Anna was a full partner in the business.

Wiry and more grey man than charismatic, Votel is known for his no-nonsense, rather closed demeanor.

In addition to her stellar body of work, she will always be remembered for being the no-nonsense half of Bogie and Bacall.

At the final site meeting before construction began, Cain was in a no-nonsense mood.

A good-looking woman, she maintained a no-nonsense approach on her pioneering digs in south-east Anatolia.

They mostly had a no-nonsense look about them, as if they were not going to be satisfied with more oratory.

With their compact bodies and no-nonsense mannerisms they were recognizably Pyrran.

"I've been looking around," Malone said in what he hoped was a grim, no-nonsense tone.

He won't be capable of taking a no-nonsense, dogmatic, black-and-white stand.

He was as much a "no-nonsense" fellow, in his way, as a magistrate, or a minister.'

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to no-nonsense, such as: businesslike, stern, demanding, direct, efficient, and grave.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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