plain-spokenness

His plain-spokenness would be a useful virtue in a VP.

Vilsack says it's over 2008

Grayson, a favorite amongst progressives for his Howard Dean-ish traits of plain-spokenness and contempt for village protocol, spoke on the House floor and said that the Republican health care plan was "Don't get sick."

Mike Stark: Republicans and Their Strategic Fainting Spells 2009

As for her plain-spokenness, there is no better way to communicate what you're thinking and what you want to do than to say it plainly, clearly, and concisely.

Sean Hannity interviews Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008

The plain-spokenness of the last verse Ily gyorsan betelik nyaram!

languagehat.com: TRANSLATING JÓZSEF. 2005

Yes, I do think that President Bush is inspired by that kind of plain-spokenness, about that willingness to tell the truth, about the willingness to be unabashedly clear about the universality of the values of liberty and freedom.

CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2004 2004

What the poet carried over from the mistiness of the early, Celtic Twilight years into the ebullience and transcendent plain-spokenness of his final period, the period covered in Foster's second and final volume of the Life, was a calculated disregard for the merely actual.

The Rescue of W.B. Yeats Banville, John 2004

Another working-class characteristic, disconcerting at first, is their plain-spokenness towards anyone they regard as an equal.

The Road to Wigan Pier 2004

And third, Howard Dean, I believe, has the plain-spokenness, the authentic demeanor and the toughness to take on Karl Rove and George Bush and win back the White House.

CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2004 2004

For reasons that range from a reputation for plain-spokenness to the network of Marines working as military aides in congressional staff offices to the history and aura of the Corps, the smallest of the services has by far the best track record in defending budgets for its projects.

Uncle Sam Buys an Airplane 2002

For reasons that range from a reputation for plain-spokenness to the network of Marines working as military aides in congressional staff offices to the history and aura of the Corps, the smallest of the services has by far the best track record in defending budgets for its projects.

Uncle Sam Buys an Airplane 2002