candidly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der.

Proto-Italic *kandēō

Latin candeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin candidusbor.

English candid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English candidly

From candid + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈkændɪdli/

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    • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈkeə̯ndɪdli/, /ˈkɛə̯ndɪdli/

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• Hyphenation: can‧did‧ly

Adverb

candidly (comparative more candidly, superlative most candidly)

1. in a candid manner; frankly.
   • 1891, Henry Melville, chapter 3, in Billy Budd:

     Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not "impartiality forbid fastidiousness."

   • 2021 October 20, Kate Bennett, “Jill Biden speaks candidly about being a first lady: ‘Nothing can prepare you’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:honestly

Translations

in a candid manner

• Catalan: càndidament (ca)
• Finnish: vilpittömästi (fi)
• French: de bonne foi (fr)
• Italian: candidamente (it)
• Polish: szczerze (pl)
• Portuguese: candidamente
• Russian: откровенно (ru) (otkrovenno)
• Spanish: cándidamente (es)

frankly — see frankly