frankness
Example Sentences
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He demonstrates good instincts whenever he speaks—with surprising frankness—about the need to reform Britain’s National Health Service.
Legally, I assume there’s no way around the latter and, as queasy as it is to stomach, the frankness of it fits the tone.
From Los Angeles Times
Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.
But there’s a frankness to “Running With the Wolves” that’s refreshing.
She, too, counseled frankness regarding price—though she acknowledged, ruefully, that she has encountered sommeliers who judge customers based on how much they want to spend.
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