Adjective : a barefaced lie. ,a barefaced approach. From Dictionary.com.
Many persons very barefacedly deny their accounts. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 3 January 1784] Reference
Very few reputable papers lie barefacedly; most lie by omission or innuendo. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central July 4th Roundup] Reference
How can these shameless persons use the name of Marti so cynically and barefacedly. From Wordnik.com. [LEADERS, VISITORS ADDRESS CDR CONGRESS] Reference
Of course Ma lied barefacedly -- the bill was blocked over 50 times in committee by the KMT and its legislative allies, and never reached the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Ma on TalkAsia] Reference
They speak barefacedly of setting up official radio transmissions from the U.S. Government, to promote the destabilization and counterrevolution in Cuba. From Wordnik.com. [FIDEL CASTRO SCORES U.S. IN IPU SPEECH] Reference
"They did indeed lead us to you, Mr. Kimmer," Benden said in a tone he barefacedly borrowed from Captain Fargoe when she was dressing down an insubordinate rating. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Pern, First Fall]
"They did indeed lead us to you, Mr. Kimmer, " Benden said in a tone he barefacedly borrowed from Captain Fargoe when she was dressing down an insubordinate rating. From Wordnik.com. [First Fall]
Guantanamo base, which is located in our territory, and barefacedly they say they are using that base, that they have reinforced it -- that is, to utilize it against Cuba. From Wordnik.com. [23RD OF OCTOBER] Reference
However, to barefacedly lie and claim that GM products are "much safer" than organics does suggest a willingness to be more than somewhat economical with the truth in pushing your company's agenda. From Wordnik.com. [UK Libertarian Party] Reference
But what's really pathetic about this is that somebody in a nominally responsible position - one capable of making the BBC print "his side of the story" - should so barefacedly misrepresent the facts in order to cast slurs on an journalist's reputation. From Wordnik.com. [The BPI Makes the BBC Broadcast its Stupidity] Reference
Charles Darwin was accused by Captain Fitzroy of giving HMS Beagle and her officers insufficient recognition read on, but there is one definite case of an ambitious naturalist barefacedly snatching all the glory from a ship and her commander: Joseph Banks. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
The U.S. Government in a demagogic manner first tried to pose as a mediator, but it later barefacedly -- tearing the OAS to shreds, tearing the famous Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty, TIAR, to shreds -- supported an extracontinental power against the Argentine people. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO FAR DAY SPEECH CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY] Reference
One must talk about the hundreds of Nicaraguans, of Nicaraguan fighters, of men, women, and children who have died there in Nicaragua as a result of the actions of the counter revolutionary bands who are acting barefacedly, and with the obvious complicity of some authorities, out of Costa Rican territory. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO PRESS CONFERENCE AT DEBT MEETING] Reference
"That's Flora!" said Pixie, pointing barefacedly across the room. From Wordnik.com. [Pixie O'Shaughnessy] Reference
Athens that was barefacedly conquering and enslaving the Isles of. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
These days, he doesn't teach much, but grins barefacedly in every lecture that is full of bathos. From Wordnik.com. [United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal] Reference
Or is there anything so barefacedly groundless and unreasonable to be met with even in the lowest of common conversation?. From Wordnik.com. [Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous] Reference
In a plea of mitigation, Hutson's lawyer Vic Puran asked, "what must a man do when another person barefacedly feel up his wife?". From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
It is hardly necessary to add that a large proportion of the depredation claims filed against the different tribes are barefacedly fraudulent. From Wordnik.com. [The Indian on the Reservation] Reference
Just beyond the point, a rounded mass of granite pushed itself into the water out of reach of the trees and shewed itself summer and winter barefacedly. From Wordnik.com. [Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
Did not the Credit Card Masters of the Universe barefacedly testify before Congress that it was they who needed protection from irresponsible borrowers?. From Wordnik.com. [I cite] Reference
In one bookshop, fellow judge Martha Lane Fox was told barefacedly by the sales guy that this was because men published 10 times as much fiction as women. From Wordnik.com. [feeling listless] Reference
Strive as we may, we cannot put a new construction on those vigorous old jokes, and to be simply and barefacedly amusing is no longer considered a sufficient. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor] Reference
The onus is on those US politicians who readily and barefacedly continue to give the professional liar a standing ovation following every statement he utters. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
But the truth is that, those who proclaim it are the same ones who have literally hoarded vehicles and speculate barefacedly with the sale and rent of real state. From Wordnik.com. [Venezuela Analysis] Reference
I've long wondered why journalists (esp in electronic media) don't just cut off interviewees who spout Party drivel as they barefacedly deny the evidence that's obvious to all. From Wordnik.com. [Iain Dale's Diary] Reference
At least, the income of this very large class has barefacedly been credited to the capitalist class, whilst its members have been utilised (on page 4 of the pamphlet) to swell the ranks of the workers. From Wordnik.com. [British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals] Reference
These legitimate monarchs, through their Ministers, used barefacedly to inspire journalists to write the doctrine of waste of blood as being a natural process of dealing with the problem of overpopulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of St. Helena] Reference
The loved-up duo were at London's May Fair hotel for a launch party but the music producer didn't seem to care who was watching as he barefacedly groped his wife's bottom whilst propped up against the bar. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Personal, and barefacedly so-the Oscar-nominated Hardwood is the result of a well-documented personal pilgrimage to learn more about his Harlem-Globetrotting father, Mel, and the effect of his father's choices in love and basketball on his family. From Wordnik.com. [Torontoist] Reference
Peter here trembled from an apprehension that the wife, in accomplishing some object of her own in reference to the land, was about to undeceive the landlord, touching the lie which he had so barefacedly palmed upon that worthy gentleman for truth. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three] Reference
Nevertheless, as an upright man will never wish barefacedly to steal from others, so does he determine at all times to claim independently his own: to be robbed, and not resent it (I speak foolishly), is the next mean thing after pilfering itself; and rash will be thy daring, O literary larcener!. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference
Smitten, before long, with the duke's sister, Princess Margaret, Gaston of Orleans married her privately, with a dispensation from the Cardinal of Lorraine, all which did not prevent either duke or prince from barefacedly denying the marriage when the king reproached them with having contracted this marriage without his consent. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5] Reference
“America is so shamelessly, so barefacedly pro-English,” he wrote on July 25, 1915, “that it is hard to credit that we shall eat humble pie. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
"My motive for talking so barefacedly about myself," he said, as they moved towards the door together, "was to let you know exactly who I am and why I am here. From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
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