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frankly, I'd rather stay at home than go to the movies tonight
Recent Examples of frankly from the Web
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Dany spent a lot of this season throwing her power around and trying to get Jon to bend the knee, and frankly, it's been annoying.
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Leonhard insists this rise hasn’t gone according to plan because, quite frankly, there was no plan.
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At 10:45 a.m., Winnwood Elementary second-grade teacher Karen Cangelose frankly was a little bummed.
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Woodstock '99 was more like an MTV event than a Woodstock event, quite frankly.
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My administration is working every day to deliver the world-class infrastructure that our people deserve, and that frankly our country deserves.
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Some of the most stunning houses and estates in the world are there, and, quite frankly, there is not one house in the entire town that is not fabulous.
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As a transgender person, seeing a member of my own community supporting Donald Trump and wearing a MAGA hat is frankly terrifying.
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Quite frankly, for the last 25 years, that’s been the drumbeat beneath the melody playing inside the monarchy, to skip a generation.
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admittedly, forsooth, actually, honestly, indeed, really, truly, truthfully, verilyRelated Words
absolutely, certainly, indisputably, indubitably, positively, realistically, undoubtedly, unquestionably, veritablyFRANKLY Defined for English Language Learners
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