1 in an honest and direct way that people might not like:
He spoke frankly about the ordeal. * They frankly admitted their responsibility.
2 used to show that you are being honest about sth, even though people might not like what you are saying:
Frankly, I couldn't care less what happens to him. * Quite frankly, I'm not surprised you failed.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for frankly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is frankly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, frankly is tagged as adverb.
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