unadorned truth

Her life stands before our eyes in clear reality, in naked, unadorned truth.

For these reasons I settled on the plain, straightforward title of unadorned truth, viz.

Sometimes it is necessary to tell the unadorned truth,—the woman is to blame.

The following considerations will show why it must not be regarded as honest, unadorned truth.

"There is no flattery in a plain unadorned truth," said he, hastily.