fair-spoken
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of fair-spoken
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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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
And all that time Harold, false-hearted, fair-spoken, mean-spirited Harold, was enjoying himself and playing the gallant to Isabel Walters!
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
He had that pardonable pride which will not allow a man to place himself among those who, though outwardly fair-spoken, offer the insult of a hostile and patronizing mental attitude.
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Leon H. (Leon Henry) Vincent
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