his directness is much appreciated by his patients
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bluntness, candidness, candor, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, plainspokenness, straightforwardness, unguardedness, unreserve, unreservedness;
circuitousness, evasiveness, secretiveness;
earnestness, sincerity, sobriety;
artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete), simplicity, unsophistication;
communicativeness, freedom, license (or licence), uninhibitedness, unrestrainedness, unrestraint;
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