unembroidered

Together, they prove that classical fantasy and unembroidered realism needn’t stand at odds.

Had their father asked them a question, they would have answered, “yes sir” or “no sir,” or given a brief unembroidered reply, with voices bled of all emotion, uninhabited voices related more to silence than to communication.

If all those packets were the same—algorithmic in their composition, unembroidered, boring—that might only make them more efficient.

And then, as a corollary to the discussions with the Budget Commission, followed the statement, the clear, exhaustive, unembroidered lesson, well primed with figures and explanations of the fundamental facts and technical expressions, which showed the economical position of the country, the State, and brought our whole miserable plight with relentless clearness before the Prince's eyes.

Like Guthrie himself, this is a plain, unembroidered piece.