Direct
Direct adjective - Free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions.
Usage example: our coach is very direct, never hesitating for a moment to tell a player whenever he isn't performing up to snuff
Quiet
Quiet adjective - Free from disturbing noise or uproar.
Both words in one sentence
- Proposing it as a game is also supposed to be preferable to the honest and direct route of just saying "please be quiet for a little while," or exploding with "SHUT UP ALREADY".
Source: The Quiet Game -
Beware the Quiet Ones: Protagonist and Spunky have a combined total of seven direct speaking lines in the entire video, and yet they're the video's respective Protagonist and Antagonist.
Source: Machinima / Team Fabulous 2 - Jimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland possess this dynamic: McNulty's a free-wheeling Cowboy Cop who yells, cusses, gives a fuck when it ain't his turn to give a fuck, and generally plays by his own rules, whereas Bunk is quiet, direct, and by the book.
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