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Type of truth?
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unvarnished
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment). 2 (context figuratively by extension English) natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated, as in ''unvarnished truth''.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ the unvarnished truth EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Don't leave unvarnished wicker or cane outside. ▪ The woman leads us down a long corridor of unvarnished cedar boards worn smooth by centuries of slippered feet.
Wikipedia
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Unvarnished is the twelfth studio album by the American hard rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts . The album was released on September 30, 2013.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: unstained ] free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, of statements, "not embellished," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of varnish (v.). Literal sense of "not covered in varnish" is recorded from 1758.
Usage examples of unvarnished.
He had always known that someday he and Ament would have this debate, but, now that the time for unvarnished truth had arrived, he found he had little taste for the discussion.
As a historian, he believes in telling the unvarnished, deglamorized truth.
Her one brief affair had been conducted entirely under cover, so to speak, and the unvarnished sight of Pres brought her to an abrupt, breathless halt.
Since the heyday of, first, Heinlein and then van Vogt, the bulk of modern science fiction has visualized governments of the future as outright dictatorships, religious dictatorships, military dictatorship, or unvarnished monarchies.
Jean-Claude seems to understand, without really resenting it, that he is being weaned away from the frank unvarnished style of his amateur days.
Then Malemute Kid, who was a born raconteur, told the unvarnished tale of the Northland Lochinvar.
Ernest Bcvin, that other unvarnished proletarian who rose to lead a labor movement, Meany despised the Communists.
Most of the contraption appeared to be made of unvarnished wood or unbrightened metal.
He drove home the truth with bare unvarnished power--the wrong to Guida, the wrong to the Countess, the wrong to the Dukedom of Bercy, to that honour which should belong to those in high estate.
For a second, Diegan poised, mailed fingers spread flat on the unvarnished door panel.
The Jugged Hare with a letter from Corson, and as usual Steifann did not regard its contents as the exact unvarnished truth.
As a control experiment, similar unvarnished and transparent tubes were tried, and they did not prevent the cotyledons bending towards the light.
The form that had been on the window ledge became, in plain, unvarnished fact, if evidence of the eyes was to be believed-and there was no reason to disbelieve them - an upward-falling object that fell out into space.
Not only did Umbrage know nothing of the princess, aside from her name, but everyone I asked about her greeted me with shakes of the head, shrugs of the shoulder, and unvarnished ignorance of the subject at hand.
I've found it's easier to pick and choose a few things to tell the general public, and keep the unvarnished truth for the experts.