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nouncandidity (uncountable)
- uncountablecomparatively rarecandidness
One of our Sophomore specials who attends English regularly once a week, while correcting sentences in the rhetoric recitation the other day, changed the sentence, “I admire his amiableness and candidness,” to read “I admire his amiability and candidity.”
1888: Columbia Spectator, volumes 22–24, page 173 (Spectator Publishing Co.)
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APA
candidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidity
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“candidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candidity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidity.
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