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ˈplain-ˌdealing, a.
[f. plain adv. + dealing, pr. pple. of deal v.: cf. prec.]
That deals plainly; straightforward in speech and behaviour; free from deceit or subterfuge.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. (1890) III. 329 Hee..like a playne dealinge man, beleued what she promised. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Maid's Trag. iv. ii, It becomes us well To get plain-dealing men about ourselves. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) I. ii. 18 This captain..was an honest and plain-dealing man. 1847Emerson Poems (1857) 165 Found I true liberty In the glad home plain-dealing Nature gave. |