forthrightly

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Justice Kagan says forthrightly that this is a virtue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Rather than make fun of the song, Cody forthrightly admits she wanted to “make fun of the song’s critics.”

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

To her supporters, that’s the point: unlike other ministers she was willing to tell MPs what she believed and make the case for it forthrightly.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Those readers, he forthrightly acknowledges, “chalked up the negative judgments herein to the clarity of hindsight.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

There was speculation that Burkhart would defect again and return to the fold of his uncle, but this time Burkhart answered the prosecution’s questions forthrightly.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann