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ˈoutˌspeaking, vbl. n.
[out- 9.]
The action of speaking out or uttering in words, esp. straight out or without reserve; frank or candid utterance.
1845–6Trench Huls. Lect. Ser. i. ii. 29 These may be deep out-speakings of the spiritual needs of man. 1865Sat. Rev. 29 July 136/1 Briskness and outspeaking and brevity are virtues which go a long way in buying and selling.
So ˈoutˌspeaking ppl. a. [out- 10], that speaks out, that speaks plainly or candidly.
1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxvi, You are for ever telling her the same thing yourself in fifty plain, out-speaking ways. 1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. I. 133, I have always been an outspeaking man. |