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"Aboveboard" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
Aboveboard \A*bove"board`\, adv.
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without
trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard."
--Burke.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been
borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their
cards, put their hands under the table.
[1913 Webster]
"aboveboard" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
aboveboard
adj : without concealment or deception; honest; "their business
was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his
business affairs" [syn: {straightforward}]
adv : in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is
willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard
in everything" [syn: {honestly}] [ant: {dishonestly}]
"above-board" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "above-board":
artless, candid, candidly, direct, forthright, frank, frankly,
freely, genuine, guileless, honest, honorable, in the open,
ingenuous, open, openly, plainly, publicly, straight,
straightforward, straightforwardly, undeceitful, undeceiving,
undeceptive
"aboveboard" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "aboveboard":
artless, authentic, before one, bona fide, face to face,
fair and square, forthright, foursquare, genuine, good-faith,
in broad daylight, in open court, in plain sight, in plain view,
in public, in public view, in the marketplace, in the open,
ingenuous, on the level, on the square, on the table,
on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard, openly, overtly,
plain dealing, publicly, scrupulous, single-hearted, square,
square-dealing, square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting,
unsophisticated, up-and-up, veritable
"aboveboard" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
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"aboveboard" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
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