en clair

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree French en clairbor. English en clair Borrowed from French en clair.

1. In the clear; without any encryption.

   “So it was that Chartier was forced to telegramme en clair, meaning that his contacts with Vichy were open for all to read and were thus largely confined to run-of-the-mill information.”

   “As per Berchtold's instructions, Giesl stopped in the border town of Semlin and wired the news immediately, en clair, such that Tisza, in Budapest, learned of Serbia's rejection even before 7 PM.”