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[syn: honestly, candidly, frankly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frankly \Frank"ly\, adv.
In a frank manner; freely.
[1913 Webster]
Very frankly he confessed his treasons. --Shak.
Syn: Openly; ingenuously; plainly; unreservedly;
undisguisedly; sincerely; candidly; artlessly; freely;
readily; unhesitatingly; liberally; willingly.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frankly
adv 1: (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" [syn: honestly,
candidly, frankly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "frankly":
all joking aside, bluffly, bluntly, broadly, brusquely, candidly,
directly, genuinely, in all conscience, in all seriousness,
in plain English, in plain words, openheartedly, openly,
outspokenly, plain-spokenly, plainly, roundly, sincerely,
straightforwardly, unconstrainedly, unreservedly, unrestrainedly,
with no nonsense