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Candidly   /kˈændɪdli/   Listen
Candidly

adverb
1.
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that.  Synonyms: frankly, honestly.  "Candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience" , "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"






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"Candidly" Quotes from Famous Books



... say, it giveth us a brief discourse of the nature of fundamentals: But because your discourse of them is general, and not any one particularized, I might leave you in your generals till you dealt more candidly, both with the word of God and your ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... but I wish to ask you one thing, which to me is of the first importance, something which is torturing my heart, and I want you to promise that you will answer me candidly." ...
— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant

... candidly stated, that Charlie was not a tidy boy. He despised mats, and seldom or never wiped his feet on entering the house; he was happiest when he could don his most dilapidated unmentionables, as he could ...
— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb

... long before Susan received a reply from Clement Lindsay. It was as kind and generous and noble as she could have asked. It was affectionate, as a very amiable brother's letter might be, and candidly appreciative of the reasons Susan had assigned for her proposal. He gave her back her freedom, not that he should cease to feel an interest in her, always. He accepted his own release, not that he ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... For, candidly and truly speaking, never before had mortal eye revelled on such a scene of starry splendor. The black sky sparkled with lustrous fires, like the ceiling of a vast hall of ebony encrusted with flashing diamonds. ...
— All Around the Moon • Jules Verne


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