Frankly

//ˈfɹæŋkli//

Synonyms for "frankly" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

candidly above-board all joking aside as matter of fact bluffly bluntly broadly brusquely

Adverb(10 words)

honestly legitimately simply truly truthfully above a bit actually all things considered as a matter of fact bluntly

Strong matches (26)

Related words (43)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

3 entries

as matter of fact candidly freely

coordinate

7 entries

apparently evidently greatly grossly macroscopically obviously palpably

derived from

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frank

has context

2 entries

manner speech act

related to

6 entries

frank frankness honest in truth open tell truth

Translations

61 translations across 29 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

بِصَراحة adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

sözün açığı adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)
sözün düzü adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Belarusian

4 entries

адкры́та adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
пра́ма adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
чэ́сна adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
шчы́ра adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Bulgarian

4 entries

и́скрено adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
открове́но adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
пря́мо adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
че́стно adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Danish

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ærligt talt adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Dutch

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ronduit adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Esperanto

1 entries

malkaŝe adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Estonian

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otse adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Finnish

4 entries

jos totta puhutaan adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)
sanalla sanoen adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)
sanalla sanottuna adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
sanalla sanottuna adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

French

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franchement adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

German

2 entries

ehrlich gesagt adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)
um ehrlich zu sein adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰 adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Greek

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ειλικρινά adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Hungarian

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magyarán adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Indonesian

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sejujurnya adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Italian

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francamente adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Japanese

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正直に adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Korean

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솔직히 adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Macedonian

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искрено adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

beint fram adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
oppriktig talt adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)
ærlig talt adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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beintfram adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
ærleg talt adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Polish

3 entries

bez ogródek adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
szczerze adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
szczerze adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Portuguese

2 entries

francamente adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
francamente adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Russian

4 entries

и́скренне adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
открове́нно adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
откры́то adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
пря́мо adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Serbo-Croatian

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ȉskreno adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
и̏скрено adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Spanish

1 entries

francamente adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Swedish

1 entries

ärligt talat adv ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth)

Ukrainian

4 entries

відве́рто adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
пря́мо adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
че́сно adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
щи́ро adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Volapük

2 entries

stedäliko adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)
stedälo adv (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Say frankly what, in your own eyes, is right.

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We talked quite frankly.

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Frankly speaking, he is wrong.

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Sport is frankly mimic warfare.

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