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candidly

[ US /ˈkændɪdɫi/ ]
[ UK /kˈændɪdli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
    frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn
    honestly, I don't believe it
    candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience

How To Use candidly In A Sentence

  • In afflictions, relatives and opponents combine with the ease-loving heart itself in flatteries, which it needs strong faith to overcome. yourselves know -- We always candidly told you so (1Th 3: 4; Ac 14: 22). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Cadfael found something so significant in that arrow-straight progress towards the church that he followed, candidly curious and officiously helpful, and finding Rafe of Coventry standing hesitant by the parish altar, looking round him at the multiplicity of chapels contained in transepts and chevet, directed him with blunt simplicity to the one he was looking for. The Hermit of Eyton Forest
  • Very close and trusted friends share confidences candidly. They feel secure that they will not be ridiculed of derided,and their confidences will be honored. 
  • In ‘The Kid,’ the poet unveils the hidden core beneath a comfortable mask, telling about how the subject talks candidly about his father ‘sometimes when we ain't talking about baseball.’
  • They were candidly surprised by how well it all turned out and my office no longer elicits derisive or doubting commentary.
  • In this exploration of armed hold-ups, convicted armed robbers speak candidly about how they conduct their crimes and about the terror that they deliberately create.
  • She spoke quite candidly with me: ‘It was frightful, the way my husband threatened me.’
  • Candidly ( ie Speaking frankly ), David, I think you're being unreasonable.
  • And the spokeswoman for the Broward County sheriffs office candidly stated that we did that because of the media hype.
  • Here was a chance to look candidly at the way multi-culturalism in Bradford has done a disservice to race relations.
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