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"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "geradeaus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "direkt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eilikrinís",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ειλικρινής"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "metá parrisías",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "μετά παρρησίας"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "schietto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "diretto"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ískren",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "и́скрен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ótvoren",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "о́творен"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "frajch"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "priamy"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "otvorný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "franco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "directo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
"word": "rättfram"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "straightforward; not evasive",
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},
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"code": "de",
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"word": "unverblümt"
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "frank, outspoken",
"word": "rättfram"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "frank, outspoken",
"word": "rak"
}
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"glosses": [
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