Definition of "unvarnished" []

• Not coated with varnish: unvarnished floors. (adjective)
• Stated or otherwise presented without any effort to soften or disguise; plain: the unvarnished truth. (adjective)

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• "What he called unvarnished and straight from the shoulder."
• "Little did she think, that, from among the poor and despised whom her tyranny was oppressing, there was one gradually being prepared, upon whose plain unvarnished words should follow consternating judgments, before which the pride of her dominion was to be laid level with the dust."
• "A plain unvarnished tale is preferable to the most highly ornamented narrative."