I couldn't help smiling at her childlike frankness.
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Frankness
//ˈfɹæŋknɛs//
Synonyms for "frankness" (119 found)
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Strong matches (36)
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openheartednessopennessoutgoingnessoutspokennessplain dealingplain englishplain speakingplain speechplain styleplain wordsplainnessplainspokennessprolixityprosaicnessprosinessracinessranknessrawnessrestrainednessroundness
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Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- искреност noun (frankness)
- прямота noun (frankness)
Czech
1 entries- upřímnost noun (frankness)
Dutch
1 entries- openhartigheid noun (frankness)
French
1 entries- franchise noun (frankness)
Galician
1 entries- franqueza noun (frankness)
German
3 entries- Freimut noun (frankness)
- Freimütigkeit noun (frankness)
- Offenheit noun (frankness)
Hungarian
1 entries- őszinteség noun (frankness)
Irish
1 entries- oscailteacht noun (frankness)
Italian
1 entries- franchezza noun (frankness)
Kazakh
1 entries- ашықтық noun (frankness)
Manx
1 entries- neucheiltynys noun (frankness)
Portuguese
1 entries- franqueza noun (frankness)
Spanish
1 entries- franqueza noun (frankness)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I like your frankness.
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Excessive frankness is harmful.
Source: tatoeba (10938335)
complete frankness
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