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Recent Examples of candidly
Back in January, the fashion designer and author spoke with Spread the Jelly and candidly opened up about her struggles with infertility.
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Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
After nearly a decade leading one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Walmsley speaks candidly about the realities of the job, from navigating activist pressure to reshaping the company’s strategy and structure.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
And our reliability, candidly, was not best in class.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Cloud rap’s golden era lives on this trilogy-closing new album from smokedope2016, whose candidly emotional raps and misty, holographic production recall Yung Lean.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
History of substance abuse Mortensen has spoken candidly about his recovery from drug addiction.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Several people who work inside and around MLB spoke with NBC News and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the potential of a lockout.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
Over the next hour, Mai spoke candidly about things like the fear of losing her vocal ability while pregnant, reframed Scorpio stereotypes, and how a handwritten card can mean more than a Birkin.
—Jamila Mustafa, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2026
In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
After nearly a decade leading one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Walmsley speaks candidly about the realities of the job, from navigating activist pressure to reshaping the company’s strategy and structure.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
And our reliability, candidly, was not best in class.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Cloud rap’s golden era lives on this trilogy-closing new album from smokedope2016, whose candidly emotional raps and misty, holographic production recall Yung Lean.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
History of substance abuse Mortensen has spoken candidly about his recovery from drug addiction.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Several people who work inside and around MLB spoke with NBC News and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the potential of a lockout.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
Over the next hour, Mai spoke candidly about things like the fear of losing her vocal ability while pregnant, reframed Scorpio stereotypes, and how a handwritten card can mean more than a Birkin.
—Jamila Mustafa, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2026
In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candidly
Adverb
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Its sustained support for armed proxy groups in the region — organizations that openly seek Israel’s destruction — demonstrates that this is not merely rhetorical.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Democratic Party leaders are openly worried, though, that the two Republicans — Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco — could finish 1-2, thereby ensuring the election of a GOP governor.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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With white sand and emerald water, there’s honestly not much else required for an excellent beach vacation, but the destination overdelivers with a long list of attractions, great restaurants, and beautiful stays.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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That’s exactly what happened to Niall Horan at the 2015 Masters Par-3 Contest — and honestly, the clip holds up beautifully.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Bolnes was a Catholic, as was her rich and frankly terrifying mother, Maria Thins, with whom the young couple lodged.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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And frankly, that really wasn’t what our consumers wanted, so revenues flattened out, customer satisfaction declined.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Coming off the ice, Malinin forthrightly congratulated the winner, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, as if to communicate that Shaidorov won the prize from his own efforts, not from Malinin’s failure.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The appeals on stage spoke forthrightly about God, usually in explicitly Christian terms.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Premiering the first of eight episodes on Sunday, March 22, The Comeback’s shaggy, despairing, hilarious, and sometimes baldly sentimental third season spends its first two episodes running through all the horsemen of the Hollywood-pocalypse.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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My job, bluntly, was to spy, but to do it in a way that wasn’t baldly obvious either.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That doesn’t mean that Holocaust educators are unreservedly enthusiastic about the new approach.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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The love songs that set its mood are unreservedly sexy and most of all funny — including that dirty ‘Wood’ — expressing genuine affection and delight.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Superpowers rarely inflict such swift and straightforwardly embarrassing injury to themselves.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Trump does indeed need to get congressional approval to build this thing, wrote the judge, explaining straightforwardly that the president is merely the steward of the White House.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Put plainly, expanding 340B will lead to pricier plans, higher deductibles, and increased out-of-pocket payments.—
Katy Johnson,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Trump is just saying so plainly.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Candidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candidly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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