short-spoken vs straightforward

short-spoken

adj

  • sharp and curt in one's speech; terse 

straightforward

adj

  • direct; forthright; frank; sincere 

  • proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating 

  • easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty 

adv

  • In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly. 

How often have the words short-spoken and straightforward occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )