Candidly
['kændidli]
Definition
(adv.) In a candid manner.
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Examples
- You know I candidly told you I should form my own opinion; and I am happy to say that I am extremely pleased with him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I called Lord Hertford aside, and addressed him: Tell me, I earnestly implore you, most candidly and truly, do you think Fanny will recover? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You're somewhere in the back shop across the yard, sir; and speaking quite candidly, I wish I'd never bought you of the Hospital Porter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Have you any objection to tell me candidly whether they are really your originals? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There is nothing I long for more than to have this affair settled--to speak out candidly; and yet I dread the crisis. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I candidly own that I have modified my views a little, in deference to you; and it should satisfy you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Candidly, Mr. Weller, what did you think of her? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Let me deal so candidly with the reader as to confess that there was yet a much stronger motive for the freedom I took in my representation of things. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I am thoroughly perplexed, she said candidly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I said, now candidly,' Mr Fledgeby explained, a little put out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now, candidly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then I'd rather, Mr Wegg, you put it another time, penn'orth-etically,' is Mr Venus's retort, 'for I tell you candidly I don't like your little cases. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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