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Synonyms for frankly
ˈfræŋk lifrank·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
honestly, candidly, franklyadverb
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
"honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
Synonyms:
honestly, candidly, aboveboard
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "frankly":
honestly, sincerely, candidly, openly, truthfully, plainly, downright, explicitly, expressly, bluntly
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8551 | explicitly | |
#10109 | expressly | |
#10839 | honestly | |
#11015 | sincerely | |
#13398 | frankly | |
#14213 | openly | |
#22432 | plainly | |
#27758 | downright | |
#38141 | truthfully | |
#51264 | bluntly | |
#66093 | candidly | |
#324207 | aboveboard |
How to use frankly in a sentence?
We’re sending a warning to the Supreme Court and frankly any court that crosses the line on the issue of marriage.
Her work has been extremely controversial, but our research, which uses different techniques, strongly vindicates her findings, the difference between her work and ours is that our fossils are, frankly, really crappy, whereas hers were very well-preserved.
The American government does not know what was discussed between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in that frankly pathetic, embarrassing encounter where Donald Trump was kowtowing on the world stage to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
I'm a long time admirer of the Vice President, and frankly when it became clear that he was giving the race serious consideration, I just raised my hand, i made the choice a few years ago to mostly get out of politics as a vocation, other than as a volunteer for people and causes that I care about.
Obviously that term -- Common Core -- is poisonous because it means different things to different people, which I respect, but ... I've not met someone that says, 'hey give me lower standards' or 'let's don't have any accountability.' That's the common ground amongst Republicans and frankly amongst a lot of frustrated liberals as well.
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- بصراحةArabic
- upřímně řečenoCzech
- ærligt taltDanish
- offenGerman
- ειλικρινάGreek
- malkaŝeEsperanto
- francamenteSpanish
- رک و پوست کندهPersian
- suorapuheisesti, suoraanFinnish
- franchementFrench
- go hionraicIrish
- őszintén szólvaHungarian
- sejujurnyaIndonesian
- francamenteItalian
- בכנותHebrew
- 率直にJapanese
- libereLatin
- oppriktig talt, ærlig talt, beint framNorwegian
- ronduitDutch
- ærleg talt, beintframNorwegian Nynorsk
- ærlig taltNorwegian
- szczerze, bez ogródekPolish
- francamentePortuguese
- sincerRomanian
- пря́мо, и́скренне, открове́нно, откры́то, че́стно говоря́Russian
- uppriktigt sagtSwedish
- ตรงไปตรงมาThai
- açıkçasıTurkish
- thẳng thắnVietnamese
- stedälo, stedälikoVolapük
- 坦率地說Chinese
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