different between candid vs frankly

English

Etymology

From Latin candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?kæn.d?d/

Adjective

candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)

1. Impartial and free from prejudice.
   • 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express

     Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»

2. Straightforward, open and sincere.
   • 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

     My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!

3. Not posed or rehearsed.
   • 2002, Popular Photography

     Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?

Synonyms

• frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved

Derived terms

• candid camera

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Further reading

• candid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• candid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Noun

candid (plural candids)

1. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

   His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French candide, from Latin candidus.

Adjective

candid m or n (feminine singular candid?, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)

1. candid

Declension

English

Etymology

From frank +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?æ?kli/
• Hyphenation: frank?ly

Adverb

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.

   • 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. (sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

   Most of what they said was, frankly, a pack of lies.

Synonyms

• (manner): candidly, forthcomingly, honestly, truthfully; bluntly; see also Thesaurus:honestly
• (sentence adverb): as a matter of fact, truth to tell; see also Thesaurus:actually

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