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(idiomatic) In simple, clear, straightforward language; in blunt language.
The President used "words of one syllable" to convey his insistence that Poland be "free and independent".
1972 December 27, Alden Whitman, “Obituary: Harry S. Truman, Decisive President”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Sep 2012:Felix propounded the story of the arrest, so far as might be, in words of one syllable.
1915, John Galsworthy, chapter 22, in The Freelands:I am at present engaged in preparing a vest-pocket edition of the philosophical works of Schopenhauer in words of one syllable.
1894, John Kendrick Bangs, “A Midnight Visitor”, in The Water Ghost and Others:So I explained in words of one syllable that I went there to pick edelweiss from the fire escapes.
1914, Samuel Hopkins Adams, chapter 24, in The Clarion:Or, in words of one syllable, it's Cirque's sex show.
2003 November 19, Richard Corliss, “That Old Feeling: The Show at the Casino”, in Time:
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