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What is another word for unvarnished?

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Honest, frank and forthright in nature

Without embellishments or ornamentation

Not covered with varnish

Free from exaggeration or distortion

Very pragmatic or realistic, lacking emotion or artificiality

Complete and without holding back any doubts

Without the appropriate, usual, or natural covering

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Honest, frank and forthright in nature

straight from the shoulder

not afraid to call a spade a spade

not beating about the bush

not pulling any punches

telling it like it is

not mincing one's words

brief and to the point

calling a spade a spade

saying what one thinks

straight-from-the-shoulder

laying it on the line

calling spade a spade

express

distinct

straight to the point

speaking as one finds

not beating around the bush

speaking straight from the shoulder

meaning what one says

no beating around the bush

unfavorable^US

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“Tommo hopes that his anxious desire to speak the unvarnished truth will gain for him the confidence of his readers.”

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Without embellishments or ornamentation

without ornamentation

meagre^UK

meager^US

colourless^UK

colorless^US

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“Robinson would carry his admiration of Monet to the point of emulating the unvarnished appearance of Monet's paintings as well.”

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Not covered with varnish

“The unvarnished surface includes passages of glossy and matte paint, reflecting different proportions of oil to pigment.”

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Free from exaggeration or distortion

as true as I'm sitting here

telling it like it is

as it really happened

as true as I'm standing here

what actually happened

on target

absolutely true

on the money

in accordance with reality

in accordance with the facts

de facto

straight from horse's mouth

historically accurate

straight from the horse's mouth

the real McCoy

based on facts

true in every respect

beyond a shadow of a doubt

one hundred percent true

from the horse's mouth

along the right lines

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Very pragmatic or realistic, lacking emotion or artificiality

with both feet on the ground

cool, calm and collected

with one's feet on the ground

rolling with the punches

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Complete and without holding back any doubts

without qualification

focused^US

focussed^UK

lock stock and barrel

most extreme

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Without the appropriate, usual, or natural covering

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