frankly
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frank·ly
(frăngk′lē)adv.
1. In a frank manner; candidly.
2. In truth; honestly: Frankly, I don't care.
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frankly
(ˈfræŋklɪ)adv
1. (sentence modifier) in truth; to be honest: frankly, I can't bear him.
2. in a frank manner
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frank•ly
(ˈfræŋk li)adv.
1. in a frank manner; candidly.
2. in truth; actually: Frankly, I'd rather not go.
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Adv. | 1. | frankly - (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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frankly
adverb
1. honestly, sincerely, in truth, candidly, to tell you the truth, to be frank, to be frank with someone, to be honest Quite frankly, I don't care.
2. openly, freely, directly, straight, plainly, bluntly, overtly, candidly, without reserve, straight from the shoulder The leaders have been speaking frankly about their problems.
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Translations
بِصَرَاحَةبِصَراحَه
upřímně
ærlig talt
offenTacheles reden
suoraan sanoen
iskreno
hreinskilnislega
率直に
솔직히
odkritosrčno
uppriktigt sagt
อย่างตรงไปตรงมา
một cách thẳng thắn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
frankly
[ˈfræŋkli] adv → franchementFrankly, this has all come as a bit of a shock → Franchement, c'est un peu un choc.
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frankly
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
frank
(frӕŋk) adjective saying or showing openly what is in one's mind; honest. a frank person; a frank reply.
verb to mark a letter by machine to show that postage has been paid.
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→ بِصَرَاحَة upřímně ærlig talt offen ειλικρινά francamente suoraan sanoen franchement iskreno sinceramente 率直に 솔직히 eerlijk gezegd åpenhjertig szczerze francamente откровенно uppriktigt sagt อย่างตรงไปตรงมา içtenlikle một cách thẳng thắn 坦白地Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009