fair-spoken
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fair-spoken
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
Example Sentences
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For 70 of these 90 years, he has been 'a scholar and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.'
From Time Magazine Archive
‘I am Mr. Brandybuck. Is that enough for you? The Bree-folk used to be fair-spoken to travellers, or so I had heard.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The keepers of these houses seemed very fair-spoken men.
From Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
You are fair-spoken enough; but men with protections don’t jump out of windows and try to make off at the sight of a pressgang.
From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Falstaff is fair-spoken when he chooses to be, can talk with judgment and good sense, and has at command the arts of a gentlemanly and dignified bearing.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
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