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
- 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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