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# frankly

«frankly» in Mova's school dictionary: **honestly and openly, saying what you really think** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Frankly means honestly and openly, saying what you really think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#m1)

2) (sentence adverb) Frankly is used at the start of a sentence to show you are going to say something honest, often a bit rude or surprising. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk it often starts a sentence: «Frankly, I don't care». In stories it shows a character speaking openly. It can sound blunt. Phrases: «frankly speaking», «to put it frankly», «quite frankly».

### examples

- Frankly, that film was boring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x1)
- She spoke frankly about her worries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x2)
- Quite frankly, I've had enough of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x3)
- Can I speak frankly? I don't like the new rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x4)
- He frankly admitted he had broken the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x5)
- Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn — a famous film line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x6)
- I have not exhausted the list of Perrault's writings, but, to speak frankly, the rest are not worth mentioning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frankly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «frank» (honest and direct). Not related to the name Frank. «Frankly» often signals a strong or unwelcome opinion; using it a lot can sound rude.

### In the corpora

- [Some fronted adverbials show the speaker's opinion, like Frankly, Luckily and Sadly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/29-fronted-adverbials/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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