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# candidly

adverb

«candidly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#x1)
- She spoke candidly about her fears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#x2)
- To speak candidly, the birds are odd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «candidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candidly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«candidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/candidly.html) on Mova free.