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Definition of Candidly
1. Adverb. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
Language type: Intensifier, Intensive
Partainyms: Candid, Frank, Honest
Definition of Candidly
1. adv. In a candid manner.
Definition of Candidly
1. Adverb. in a candid manner; frankly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Candidly
1. in a candid manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candidly
Literary usage of Candidly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1772)
"He tells us, however, that Sir D. Legard has candidly * acknowledged that the
improvement of this kind of foil is much Itfi profitable than Mr. Young ..."
2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First Added, I. An by John Locke (1828)
"... and this is enough for a man who professes no more than to lay down candidly
and freely his own conjectures, concerning a subject lying somewhat in the ..."
3. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens (1868)
"I candidly tell you, my dear boy, that if you had been awkward and overgrown, I
should have exported you to some distant part of the world. ..."
4. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"... and this is enough for a man who professes no more than to lay down candidly
and freely his own conjectures, concerning a subject lying somewhat in the ..."
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