"frankly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹæŋkli/ Audio: en-us-frankly.ogg [US] Forms: franklier [comparative], more frankly [comparative], frankliest [superlative], most frankly [superlative]
Etymology: From frank + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|frank|ly|id2=adverbial}} frank + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} frankly (comparative franklier or more frankly, superlative frankliest or most frankly)
  1. In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt. Translations (in a frank, open or (too) honest manner): шчы́ра (ščýra) (Belarusian), адкры́та (adkrýta) (Belarusian), пра́ма (práma) (Belarusian), чэ́сна (čésna) (Belarusian), и́скрено (ískreno) (Bulgarian), открове́но (otkrovéno) (Bulgarian), пря́мо (prjámo) (Bulgarian), че́стно (čéstno) (Bulgarian), ærligt talt (Danish), ronduit (Dutch), malkaŝe (Esperanto), otse (Estonian), suoraan (Finnish), suorapuheisesti (Finnish), sanalla sanottuna (Finnish), franchement (French), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰 (balþaba) (Gothic), ειλικρινά (eilikriná) (Greek), francamente (Italian), 正直に (shōjiki ni) (alt: しょうじきに) (Japanese), 솔직히 (soljikhi) (Korean), искрено (iskreno) (Macedonian), beint fram (Norwegian Bokmål), beintfram (Norwegian Nynorsk), szczerze (Polish), bez ogródek (Polish), francamente (Portuguese), пря́мо (prjámo) (Russian), откры́то (otkrýto) (Russian), открове́нно (otkrovénno) (Russian), и́скренне (ískrenne) (Russian), че́стно (čéstno) (Russian), и̏скрено [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉskreno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), francamente (Spanish), щи́ро (ščýro) (Ukrainian), відве́рто (vidvérto) (Ukrainian), пря́мо (prjámo) (Ukrainian), че́сно (čésno) (Ukrainian), stedäliko (Volapük), stedälo (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-frankly-en-adv-en:candidly Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'in a frank, open or (too) honest manner': 89 10 0
  2. (sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth. Synonyms (sentence adverb): as a matter of fact Translations ((sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth): sözün düzü (Azerbaijani), sözün açığı (Azerbaijani), suoraan sanoen (Finnish), suoraan sanottuna (Finnish), totta puhuakseni (Finnish), jos totta puhutaan (Finnish), sanalla sanottuna (Finnish), sanalla sanoen (Finnish), ehrlich gesagt (German), um ehrlich zu sein (German), sejujurnya (Indonesian), ærlig talt (Norwegian Bokmål), oppriktig talt (Norwegian Bokmål), ærleg talt (Norwegian Nynorsk), szczerze (Polish), francamente (Portuguese), че́стно говоря́ (čéstno govorjá) (Russian), ärligt talat (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-frankly-en-adv-en:sentence_adverb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 52 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 29 56 15 Disambiguation of 'sentence adverb': 36 49 15 Disambiguation of '(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth': 12 84 3
  3. (sciences, medicine) To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident. Categories (topical): Medicine, Sciences
    Sense id: en-frankly-en-adv-en:obviously Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: candidly [manner], forthcomingly, honestly, truthfully, bluntly, truth to tell, actually

Inflected forms

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}
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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English manner adverbs",
    "English sentence adverbs",
    "English speech-act adverbs",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
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        "2": "frank",
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        "id2": "adverbial"
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      "expansion": "frank + -ly",
      "name": "suf"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From frank + -ly.",
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    {
      "form": "franklier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more frankly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frankliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most frankly",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
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      "expansion": "frankly (comparative franklier or more frankly, superlative frankliest or most frankly)",
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    }
  ],
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    "frank‧ly"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "speak frankly"
        },
        {
          "text": "He spoke frankly about the economy.",
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        }
      ],
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        "In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt."
      ],
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          "frank",
          "frank"
        ],
        [
          "candid",
          "candid"
        ],
        [
          "too",
          "too"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "blunt",
          "blunt"
        ]
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      "senseid": [
        "en:candidly"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English sentence adverbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most of what they said was, frankly, a pack of lies."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, Gone with the Wind, spoken by Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)",
          "text": "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In truth, to tell the truth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "In truth",
          "in truth"
        ],
        [
          "to tell the truth",
          "to tell the truth"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "sentence adverb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:sentence adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "en:Medicine",
        "en:Sciences"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "frankly septic"
        },
        {
          "text": "frankly psychotic"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(sciences, medicine) To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:obviously"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæŋkli/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-frankly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/En-us-frankly.ogg/En-us-frankly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/En-us-frankly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "manner"
      ],
      "word": "candidly"
    },
    {
      "word": "forthcomingly"
    },
    {
      "word": "honestly"
    },
    {
      "word": "truthfully"
    },
    {
      "word": "bluntly"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sentence adverb",
      "word": "as a matter of fact"
    },
    {
      "word": "truth to tell"
    },
    {
      "word": "actually"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ščýra",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "шчы́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adkrýta",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "адкры́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "práma",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "пра́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "čésna",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "чэ́сна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ískreno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "и́скрено"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkrovéno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "открове́но"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prjámo",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "пря́мо"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čéstno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "че́стно"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "ærligt talt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "ronduit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "malkaŝe"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "otse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "suoraan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "suorapuheisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "sanalla sanottuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "franchement"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "balþaba",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eilikriná",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "ειλικρινά"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "francamente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうじきに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōjiki ni",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "正直に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "soljikhi",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "솔직히"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "iskreno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "искрено"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "beint fram"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "beintfram"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "szczerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "bez ogródek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "francamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjámo",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "пря́мо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkrýto",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "откры́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkrovénno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "открове́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ískrenne",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "и́скренне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čéstno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "че́стно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "и̏скрено"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȉskreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "francamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščýro",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "щи́ро"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidvérto",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "відве́рто"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prjámo",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "пря́мо"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čésno",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "че́сно"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "stedäliko"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "in a frank, open or (too) honest manner",
      "word": "stedälo"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "sözün düzü"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "sözün açığı"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "suoraan sanoen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "suoraan sanottuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "totta puhuakseni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "jos totta puhutaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "sanalla sanottuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "sanalla sanoen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "ehrlich gesagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "um ehrlich zu sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "sejujurnya"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "ærlig talt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "oppriktig talt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "ærleg talt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "szczerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "francamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čéstno govorjá",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "че́стно говоря́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth",
      "word": "ärligt talat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frankly"
}

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