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straight-shooting

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

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He has acted instead with massive hubris and ambition, yet somehow the myth of the straight-shooting Midwestern umpire endures.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

His assessment of the performance against Cyprus was an exercise in straight-shooting.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2023

And he disappointed some politicians, consultants and lobbyists who remember him as a trustworthy, straight-shooting Republican legislative leader in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023

Fukuyama has a modest, straight-shooting demeanor, but he can display a wry competitive streak.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

The old captain took much interest in the skill of his protégé Jim, whom he considered worthy to be enrolled in the straight-shooting American navy.

From The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine by Roosevelt, Wyn

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