Synonyms for no-nonsense
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : noh-non-sens, -suhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊˈnɒn sɛns, -səns |
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Définition of no-nonsense
Origin :- "not tolerating foolishness, businesslike," 1928," from phrase to stand no nonsense, which is attested from 1821, originally in sporting slang.
- adj intolerant
- He was as much a "no-nonsense" fellow, in his way, as a magistrate, or a minister.'
- Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
- "I've been looking around," Malone said in what he hoped was a grim, no-nonsense tone.
- Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- He won't be capable of taking a no-nonsense, dogmatic, black-and-white stand.
- Extract from : « Psichopath » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- With their compact bodies and no-nonsense mannerisms they were recognizably Pyrran.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- They mostly had a no-nonsense look about them, as if they were not going to be satisfied with more oratory.
- Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
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