English

Adverb

frankly ‎(comparative franklier or more frankly, superlative frankliest or most frankly)

1. (manner) In a frank, open or (too) honest manner.

   He spoke frankly about the economy.‎

   • 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III:

     She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

2. (speech act) In truth, to tell the truth.

   Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.‎

Synonyms

• as a matter of fact, forthcomingly, truth to tell

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