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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One of the reasons why some of us get so worked up over HFR is because some of its advocates envision it as the future of the medium, and that would be, frankly, a good way to destroy it forever.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The dual hydraulic brakes are, frankly, excellent.
—New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2025
His parents didn't want to send them to Harvard, and frankly, probably wouldn't have sent them to Harvard.
—Vivienne Walt For Time France, Time, 17 Dec. 2025
And yes, that’s pretty darn far into the alphabet, a testament to how much financial infrastructure now exists for high-flying unicorns to stay private (and, frankly, calling Databricks a unicorn seems exceedingly quaint).
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The dual hydraulic brakes are, frankly, excellent.
—New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2025
His parents didn't want to send them to Harvard, and frankly, probably wouldn't have sent them to Harvard.
—Vivienne Walt For Time France, Time, 17 Dec. 2025
And yes, that’s pretty darn far into the alphabet, a testament to how much financial infrastructure now exists for high-flying unicorns to stay private (and, frankly, calling Databricks a unicorn seems exceedingly quaint).
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Frankly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frankly. Accessed 27 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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