frankness
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Legally, I assume there’s no way around the latter and, as queasy as it is to stomach, the frankness of it fits the tone.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Billops’s questions to Van Der Zee give shape to the book’s narrative, and the subject’s frankness charms his dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
She, too, counseled frankness regarding price—though she acknowledged, ruefully, that she has encountered sommeliers who judge customers based on how much they want to spend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”
From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025
In spite of her terrifying frankness and overwhelming naïveté, he really knew nothing about her and he was tired of living with an enigma.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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