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Definition of Frankly
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 Frankly
1. adv. In a frank manner; freely.
Definition of Frankly
1. Adverb. (context: manner) in a frank, open or (too) honest manner. ¹
2. Adverb. (context: speech act) In truth, to tell the truth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frankly
1. in a frank manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frankly
Literary usage of Frankly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"And a great l)i-- Well, quoth he, to speake frankly to you myn themselfs by his
... frankly to youe, I have spoken nothing Places, he was never so chaffed ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"People say to me, "Mr. Benson, you are a crank about this canning business," and
I frankly admit I am a crank in the canning business for a number of ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"As Campbell frankly acknowledged, James thoroughly understood the whole business
of the Admiralty, and knew also the disorders which had crept into the ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"For my own part, I shall frankly confess that I am willing- to find, • r even to
seek, in the revolutions of the world, some traces of the шГ. ..."
5. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"... for Androcles and the Lion: Proudly Crude and frankly Primitive—The Primary
Purpose of All Scenery—When the Imaginative Artist, the Interior Decorator, ..."
6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"enjoyed its applause more frankly than he. He has often lamented his sensitiveness
to me, and that he "was bred to think first, not whether a thing was ..."
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