frankly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
    candidly; honestly.
    • honestly, I don't believe it
    • candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience
    • frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

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Frank"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a frank manner; freely.
    Very frankly he confessed his treasons. Shak.
    Syn. -- Openly; ingenuously; plainly; unreservedly; undisguisedly; sincerely; candidly; artlessly; freely; readily; unhesitatingly; liberally; willingly.

Webster 1913