Meanings
comparative more candidly · superlative most candidly
- in a candid manner; frankly.
First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face.
2021 October 20, Kate Bennett, “Jill Biden speaks candidly about being a first lady: ‘Nothing can prepare you’”, in CNN1 more example
Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness."
1891, Henry Melville, chapter 3, in Billy Budd
Synonyms & antonyms
adverb(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan càndidament
- càndidamentin a candid manner
Finnish vilpittömästi
- vilpittömästiin a candid manner
French de bonne foi
- de bonne foiin a candid manner
Italian candidamente
- candidamentein a candid manner
Polish szczerze
- szczerzein a candid manner
Portuguese candidamente
- candidamentein a candid manner
Russian откровенно
- откровенно (otkrovenno)in a candid manner
Spanish cándidamente
- cándidamentein a candid manner
Cite this entry
candidly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidly
“candidly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candidly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candidly.
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