candidly

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candidly

  • /ˈkændɪdli/
  • /ˈkeə̯ndɪdli/
  • /ˈkɛə̯ndɪdli/

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English candid

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English candidly

From candid + -ly.

adverb more candidly · most candidly

  1. in a candid manner; frankly. Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness."

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