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frank
adjective as in completely honest
Weak matches
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- down and dirty
- downright
- easy
- flat-out
- forthright
- from the hip
- guileless
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- like it is
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- outright
- outspoken
- plain-spoken
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
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Example Sentences
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For Evelyn tells his own story here, and he is not given to frank introspection.
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As played by Mr. Johnson, Kerr is frank about the sacrifices that must be made in MMA, but good-natured about his lot in life.
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To be really frank about it, bread is really more the vehicle that brings us into these other discussions.
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I make all of the decisions, to be really frank and clear.
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"I have absolutely no confidence in him as a police officer whatsoever. To be frank, not much as a human being," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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