frankly
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Synonyms
actually, admittedly, forsooth, honestly, indeed, really, truly, truthfully, verily
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The other side of the coin has been the people who frankly don’t get it. — Lea Carpenter, Time, "'Desire Is Always Evolving.' What the 'Three Women' Author Learned After a Decade Following Women's Sex Lives," 19 July 2019 Props to Louis for managing to get there in the first place, frankly. — The Editors, Marie Claire, "A Page Boy at Princess Eugenie's Wedding Recovered Like a Champ After Tripping Up," 12 Oct. 2018 Disney released the first photo of Oscar-winning actress Emma Stone dressed as villain Cruella de Vil, and her transformation is, frankly, astounding. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Emma Stone Transforms Into Cruella de Vil in First Photo from Disney's New Movie," 24 Aug. 2019 And frankly, there are decided leaders at a couple other positions, such as quarterback (Luton) and cornerback (Kaleb Hayes). — oregonlive.com, "Oregon State defense dominates Friday practice on the eve of a big public preseason scrimmage: Day 14 recap," 16 Aug. 2019 The process of triggering Fusée Gelée and loading homebrew on your Switch is, frankly, pretty cool. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Turning the Nintendo Switch into Android’s best gaming hardware," 15 Aug. 2019 Moreover, her dismissal of the factors that might cause women not to write letters to the editor is frankly ridiculous. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "Letters," 22 July 2019 Facebook’s enthusiasm for the agreement was, frankly, suspicious. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "It’s time to regulate tech platforms with laws, not fines," 30 July 2019 And frankly, neither is anyone’s time or efficiency. — Allison Hope, Quartz at Work, "Your meaningful job is a health hazard," 24 July 2019These 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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