Antonyms for frankly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : frangk-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræŋk li


Definition of frankly

Origin :
  • 1530s, from frank (adj.) + -ly (2).
  • adv very honestly
Example sentences :
  • "I've got eleven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket," Andrew said frankly.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Frankly, your success is by no means complete," replied she.
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He is an old hand, who knows the market and frankly manufactures for it.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • He had been frankly bored by them, but the fact had remained.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But I think it's better to tell you frankly how matters stand.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Where she had been stout thirteen years before, she was now frankly fat.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • For the first time in their life together, Rose was frankly unnerved.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Nellie had been frankly scandalized at the idea of mourning.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • "No faith with duns" became, as he frankly declared, a maxim of his morality.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Then tell me frankly—did I, just now, speak too much or too warmly?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for frankly

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