Candidly

//ˈkændɪdli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a candid manner; frankly.

    "Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness.""

Adverb
  1. 1
    (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that wordnet

Synonyms

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above-boardbluntlybroadlydirectlyfacefor realsies

Example

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"She told the story as candidly as possible."

Etymology

From candid + -ly.

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