Synonyms for candidly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kan-did

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn dɪd

Définition of candidly

Origin : 1620s, "white," from Latin candidum "white; pure; sincere, honest, upright," from candere "to shine," from PIE root *kand- "to glow, to shine" (see candle). In English, metaphoric extension to "frank" first recorded 1670s (cf. French candide "open, frank, ingenuous, sincere"). Of photography, 1929. Related: Candidly; candidness.

adj frankly

Example sentences :

I like you for entering so candidly and so kindly into the story of ma chlre amie.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

I candidly confessed to my husband, that my love was extinguished.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Candidly, he was attempting to convey the impression that I had taken a drop too much.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

“Not meaning any offense, it was something like that,” said Sucatash, candidly.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

This is ingenious, but her proof, after that, is (as she candidly admits) "clumsy and roundabout."
Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll

"No, miss, I candidly don't; and that's a fact," replied the good creature.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

Come here, Mary; tell him candidly that you, too, were always of my opinion.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

"Why—some long-lost girl-chum, I suppose," said Garrison candidly.
Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

Lucy owned to herself, candidly, that James was incomprehensible.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

I find his highness alone, and I tell him candidly what has just happened to me.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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