candidly
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can·did
(kăn′dĭd)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.
[Latin candidus, glowing, white, pure, guileless, from candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.]
can′did·ly adv.
can′did·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | candidly - (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
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Translations
بِصَراحَه
upřímně
hreinskilnislega, heiîarlega
içtenliklesamimiyetle
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candid
(ˈkӕndid) adjective saying just what one thinks, without hiding anything. Do you like my hairstyle? Be candid.
ˈcandidly adverbˈcandour (-də) noun
ˈcandidness noun
candid camera noun
the use of a hidden video camera to show people while they are being tricked as a joke.
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