fair-spoken
[fair-spoh-kuh n]
- speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
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Origin of fair-spoken
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Related Words for fair-spoken
appreciative, congratulatory, respectful, polite, courtly, fawning, honeyed, laudatory, unctuous, approbatory, commendatory, adulatory, approbative, encomiastic, eulogistic, fair-spoken, honoring, panegyrical, praiseful, sycophanticExamples from the Web for fair-spoken
Historical Examples of fair-spoken
Listen to me, and I will tell you what three weeks ago this fair-spoken and sweet-smiling cavalier did.
Graham of ClaverhouseIan Maclaren
Hector Brady, like his son, was a fair-spoken villain, but none the less dangerous for all that.
Motor Matt's Hard LuckStanley R. Matthews
The fair-spoken countess made use of strange and subtle theories.
File No. 113Emile Gaboriau
A great deal depends on the answer—a good-looking and fair-spoken person may travel far and suffer no hunger in the land.
Cornish Saints and SinnersJ. Henry Harris
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading.
Putnam's Phrase BookEdwin Hamlin Carr
fair-spoken
- civil, courteous, or elegant in speech
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