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Candidly

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Adverb

1. candidly, frankly, honestly

(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that

Example Sentences:
'honestly, I don't believe it'
'candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience'
'frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Candidly

see synonyms of candidly
adjective
1. 
frank and outspoken
he was candid about his dislike of our friends
2. 
without partiality; unbiased
3. 
unposed or informal
a candid photograph
4. obsolete
a. 
white
b. 
clear or pure

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Candidly

see synonyms of candidly
adjective
1. 
free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
2. 
very honest or frank in what one says or writes
3. 
unposed and informal
a candid photograph
4.  Archaic
a. 
white
b. 
pure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Candidly

see synonyms of candidly
adj.
1.
a. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. See Synonyms at frank1.
b. Not obscuring or omitting anything unpleasant, embarrassing, or negative: "Joyce's ... candid descriptions of normal bodily functions shocked his Anglo-American readers" (Belinda Rathbone).
2. Not posed or rehearsed: a candid snapshot.

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