Candid
['kændɪd]
Definition
(adj.) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; 'his candid eyes'; 'an open and trusting nature'; 'a heart-to-heart talk' .
(adj.) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; 'a candid photograph'; 'a candid interview' .
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Definition
(a.) White.
(a.) Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.
(a.) Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Impartial, fair, just, unprejudiced, unbiassed, upright, honest, sincere.[2]. Open, free, ingenuous, artless, frank, plain, honorable, NAÏVE, guileless, straightforward, open-hearted, frank-hearted, above-board.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fair, honest, open, sincere, frank, artless, impartial, plain, straightforward,aboveboard, transparent, unreserved, ingenious
ANT:unfair, close, mysterious, reserve, shuffling, disingenuous, insincere,Jesuitical
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Definition
adj. frank ingenuous: free from prejudice: fair impartial.—adv. Can′didly.—n. Can′didness.
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Examples
- My dear Miss Summerson, he returned with a candid hilarity that was all his own, I can't be bribed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Be candid as a convicted, justified, sanctified Methody at an experience meeting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Old Miss Crawley laughed when Briggs, with great mystery, handed her over this candid and simple statement. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Some folks don't believe there is pious niggers Shelby, said Haley, with a candid flourish of his hand, but _I do_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Hermione seemed so calmly and sanely candid. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I am; when I have nothing to gain, I am always candid. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yes, provided you promise to give me your frank and most candid opinion of it, whether good or bad. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Thank you for being candid, and God bless you, dear Lord Byron, said I, this time raising up my mask, that I might press his hand to my lips. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If you mean to say anything to me to-night, that goes against this candid remark, you had better let it alone. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Now, they say, said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, that this kind o' trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But he did not come to, he remained remote and candid, unconscious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- PICKWICK felt much gratified by the fair, candid, and full explanation of his honourable friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, I don't mean that; he wouldn't believe it of you--at first, said Mrs. Trenor, with candid shrewdness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I'll thank you to pass me another bottle of this bad claret, squeaked out Croker; for I must be candid enough to say that I like it much. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Osborne was sensible, candid, frank, sincere, and affectionate to his friends; but in literary matters too fond of criticism. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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