frankly
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Synonyms
actually, admittedly, honestly, indeed, really, truly, truthfully, verily
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And frankly Hope is great and so are many of the other people. — CBS News, "Trump says "that I don't know" when asked if John Kelly is leaving," 29 June 2018 But frankly, the World Cup is about so much more than soccer. — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, "This is what the World Cup coming to KC would look like, and why it would be such fun," 17 June 2018 His trade war, North Korea, or the Mueller investigation all could turn against him and, frankly, could turn against him now like North Korea has. — NBC News, "Meet the Press - July 1, 2018," 1 July 2018 The writers deal with death frankly and absurdly, making the whole thing hilarious and cathartic. — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, "9 Emmy-Nominated Shows You Can Binge to Escape Reality," 13 July 2018 But frankly folks, the overturning of Roe is the least of our problems. — Amelia Harnish, refinery29.com, "What Will Happen To Abortion Rights After Justice Anthony Kennedy Retires?," 27 June 2018 People have been too scared in New York’s frankly very intimidating political environment. — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, "An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reading List," 10 July 2018 And Cooper has spoken frankly about his brother’s suicide. — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, "'Suicide Crisis,' Marco Rubio, 'Westworld': This weekend," 21 June 2018 This was, frankly, nothing particularly newsy or even new. — Jeff Miller, latimes.com, "Angels’ weakness exposed again in 3-0 loss to Mariners," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'frankly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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frankly
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of frankly
: in an honest and direct way
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