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ˈfræŋk lifrank·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. honestly, candidly, franklyadverb

    (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"

Wiktionary

  1. franklyadverb

    in a frank, open or (too) honest manner.

    He spoke frankly about the economy.

  2. franklyadverb

    In truth, to tell the truth.

    Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Franklyadverb

    Etymology: from frank.

    Oh, were it but my life,
    I’d throw it down for your deliverance,
    As frankly as a pin. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

    If ever any malice in your heart
    Were hid against me, now forgive me frankly. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.

    When they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Lu. vii. 42.

    By the toughness of the earth the sap cannot get up to spread so frankly as it should do. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. Spect.

    The lords mounted their servants upon their own horses; and they, with the voluntiers, who frankly lifted themselves, amounted to a body of two hundred and fifty horse. Edward Hyde.

    He entered very frankly into those new designs, which were contrived at court. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

Wikipedia

  1. frankly

    Fran Kelly is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent who hosted the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National program Breakfast from March 2005 to early December 2021.

ChatGPT

  1. frankly

    Frankly is an adverb that means in an open, honest, and straightforward manner. It is often used when expressing an honest and direct opinion, even if it might be disagreeable or embarrassing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Franklyadverb

    in a frank manner; freely

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  1. Frankly

    Frankly is a consumer research solution that provides a mobile and web platform designed specifically for innovation exchange and collaboration between consumer Brands and End-users.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'frankly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3407

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of frankly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of frankly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of frankly in a Sentence

  1. Carter Page:

    Unless you tell me, 'Hell yes! That would be bothersome,' which I think is the simple answer, I'm going to assume that Carter Page, frankly, doesn't care if there was a black hand in the election of Donald Trump, i care about the negative hands that were all over this thing.

  2. Daniela Ferrera:

    Frankly, The Biden campaign didn't do enough to communicate to our community who Joe Biden is and what Joe Biden values are.

  3. Robert Scheuer:

    I, quite frankly, don't know enough about the cases that were in the pool of candidates, it may very well be that given the many variables involved, this case was a perfectly rational choice to be the first bellwether selection.

  4. Mike Coffman:

    With this President, this midterm is going to be rough for Republicans. It's those members of Congress that have established a brand in their district, that is independent of quite frankly, of the party in Washington, DC, that are going to survive this, they don't see me as a Republican, or they don't see me in a partisan way. They just see me as their congressman.

  5. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi:

    The facts that we have gathered cannot be ignored, they cannot be dismissed and are, frankly, appalling, and, more importantly, our community cannot allow them to be repeated.

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