Examples of frankly in a Sentence
You can speak frankly to us.
frankly, I'd rather stay at home than go to the movies tonight
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No player can match his creativity — or, frankly, his star power.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
The boxer’s hair in the coming live-action movie (and frankly, the 32-year-old one) is a perfect facsimile of Balrog’s hair in the game and is, thus, stupid.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
The part where everyone waits to see what jobs the new owners will eliminate or who everyone will report into — all that is sadly par for the course at WBD and, quite frankly, at legacy-media companies since the streaming bubble burst a few years ago.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Murphy himself made my loyalty worthwhile many times over, through a lifetime of fandom and then ultimately friendship that, frankly, is still surreal to me.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
The boxer’s hair in the coming live-action movie (and frankly, the 32-year-old one) is a perfect facsimile of Balrog’s hair in the game and is, thus, stupid.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
The part where everyone waits to see what jobs the new owners will eliminate or who everyone will report into — all that is sadly par for the course at WBD and, quite frankly, at legacy-media companies since the streaming bubble burst a few years ago.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Murphy himself made my loyalty worthwhile many times over, through a lifetime of fandom and then ultimately friendship that, frankly, is still surreal to me.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for frankly
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“Frankly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frankly. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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frankly
adverb
frank·ly
ˈfraŋ-klē 
1
: in a frank manner
you can speak frankly to us
2
: to tell the truth
frankly, I don't think it's wise
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