| aboveboard(honest, sincere, genuine, candid, frank) |
| accurate(sharp, critical, penetrating, meaningful, incisive) |
| acid(sharp, critical, penetrating, meaningful, incisive) |
| barefaced(direct, honest, sincere, genuine, candid) |
| biting(sharp, critical, penetrating, meaningful, incisive) |
| bluntly(straight, directly, honestly, frankly, candidly) |
| boiled down(expression, sharp, critical, penetrating, meaningful) |
| calling a spade a spade(expression, idiom, sharp, critical, penetrating) |
| candid(honest, sincere, genuine, frank, forthright) |
| candidly(straight, directly, honestly, frankly) |
| cutting(sharp, critical, penetrating, meaningful, incisive) |
| dead level(expression, straight, directly, honestly, frankly) |
| dead on(expression, straight, directly, honestly, frankly) |
| direct(honest, sincere, genuine, candid, frank) |
| directly(straight, honestly, frankly, candidly) |
| forthright(honest, sincere, genuine, candid, frank) |
| forthrightly(straight, directly, honestly, frankly, candidly) |
| frank(honest, sincere, genuine, candid, forthright) |
| freely(straight, directly, honestly, frankly, candidly) |
| from the hip(expression, idiom, straight, directly, frankly) |