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# candidly

«candidly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In an honest, open way, saying what you really think** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In an honest, open way, saying what you really think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in talk, a character speaks plainly, without hiding anything; «to speak candidly» means to say the truth

### examples

- Candidly, I do not like the soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#x1)
- She spoke candidly about her fears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#x2)
- To speak candidly, the birds are odd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «candidly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.