candid
[kan-did]
- frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward: a candid opinion.
- informal; unposed: a candid photo.
- honest; impartial: a candid mind.
- Archaic. white.
- Archaic. clear; pure.
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- an unposed photograph.
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Origin of candid
Synonyms
See more synonyms for candid on Thesaurus.com1. ingenuous, naive, plain. See frank1.
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Examples from the Web for candidly
Contemporary Examples
“When I got there the resources were so limited,” she says, candidly.
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source MagazineAlex Suskind
October 14, 2014
Norquist did, though, candidly note that, “there are outliers always willing to give a self-destructive quotation.”
Rather explains: “I wanted to tell it as honestly and as candidly as I could with—as Lyndon Johnson used to say—the bark off.”
"He [Wisner] was able to talk to Mubarak candidly; he gave his best counsel to Mubarak," said one official.
Bruni candidly writes of his weight struggles, which included bulimia, laxative abuse, and junk-food binges.
Historical Examples
I like you for entering so candidly and so kindly into the story of ma chlre amie.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
I candidly confessed to my husband, that my love was extinguished.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Candidly, he was attempting to convey the impression that I had taken a drop too much.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
“Not meaning any offense, it was something like that,” said Sucatash, candidly.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
This is ingenious, but her proof, after that, is (as she candidly admits) "clumsy and roundabout."
A Tangled TaleLewis Carroll
candid
- frank and outspokenhe was candid about his dislike of our friends
- without partiality; unbiased
- unposed or informala candid photograph
- obsolete
- white
- clear or pure
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin candidus white, from candēre to be white
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Word Origin and History for candidly
candid
adj.
1620s, "white," from Latin candidum "white; pure; sincere, honest, upright," from candere "to shine," from PIE root *kand- "to glow, to shine" (see candle). In English, metaphoric extension to "frank" first recorded 1670s (cf. French candide "open, frank, ingenuous, sincere"). Of photography, 1929. Related: Candidly; candidness.
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