"to be frank" meaning in Anglais

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Adverb

  1. Franchement, en toute franchise, pour être honnête.
    Sense id: fr-to_be_frank-en-adv-6cePelD5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: to be honest
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