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View synonyms for frankly

frankly

[ frangk-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a frank manner; freely; candidly; openly; plainly:

    He presented his arguments frankly and objectively.



frankly

/ ˈfræŋklɪ /

adverb

  1. sentence modifier in truth; to be honest

    frankly, I can't bear him

  2. in a frank manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frankly1

First recorded in 1530–40; frank 1 + -ly
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Example Sentences

There are some new insights and, frankly, I think that the new proofs are better.

They are escaping countries that quite frankly have failed them.

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Despite the new public awareness of the problems, designing and implementing fair and beneficial algorithms is frankly really hard.

If both sides were pushed out of their corners, they would both have to concede quite a bit, and we’d frankly all be safer.

We absolutely should be going around the world looking for partners to work with, as opposed to thinking that magically Beijing is going to start acting in a way that, quite frankly, it hasn’t for decades.

Frankly, I don't think even Michael Patrick King, Lisa Kudrow, and the show's biggest fans expected it to be this good.

We might as well begin with the most confusing and, frankly, suspect person in all of Serial.

Only now, when we were able to talk frankly and at length, did I come to realize how profoundly it had affected him.

Frankly, I have never heard anyone else speak with such insight into Afghan affairs, post-US surge.

“Essentially because of the cops, quite frankly,” Bratton answered.

But I am afraid you would very soon get tired of us, and I ought to tell you, frankly, that our little home is to be—a broken up.

He is quite right, and I was quite wrong, and I told him so frankly which made "all's well" in a moment.

If I am returned, my main object, I avow it frankly, will be to make them the standing order.

To attempt to cut out Mrs. Kaye I should need a little genuine enthusiasm; and frankly, your beloved prodigy does not inspire it.

He hesitated to take a cigarette—and now her bright eyes frankly mocked him, and said, "A cigarette commits you to nothing!"

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