Frankly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frankly \Frank"ly\, adv.
     In a frank manner; freely.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Very frankly he confessed his treasons.  --Shak.
  


     Syn: Openly; ingenuously; plainly; unreservedly;
          undisguisedly; sincerely; candidly; artlessly; freely;
          readily; unhesitatingly; liberally; willingly.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frankly
       adv : (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" [syn: {honestly},
              {candidly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "frankly":
     all joking aside, bluffly, bluntly, broadly, brusquely, candidly,
     directly, genuinely, in all conscience, in all seriousness,
     in plain English, in plain words, openheartedly, openly,
     outspokenly, plain-spokenly, plainly, roundly, sincerely,
     straightforwardly, unconstrainedly, unreservedly, unrestrainedly,
     with no nonsense