candidly
Speaking without filter
Candidly means in an open, honest, and direct manner, without holding back or disguising one's true thoughts: Candidly, I don't think you're ready for this role.
The word often signals that uncomfortable truth is about to follow.
Speaking candidly implies a willingness to risk awkwardness for the sake of honesty.
Without concealment or evasion
- openlyWithout hiding anything
- directlyWithout intermediary steps
- honestlyIn a truthful manner
- plainlyIn obvious fashion
straightforwardly · forthrightly · unreservedly · freely · explicitly · unequivocally · bluntly · outspokenly
In an abrupt manner
- curtlyRudely brief in speech
- abruptlyWithout gradual transition
- sharplyIn a cutting manner
- harshlyIn severe manner
gruffly · tactlessly · undiplomatically · insensitively · unfiltered · plain-spoken · unvarnished · unembellished
Without hiding anything
- clearlyWithout ambiguity
- visiblyPerceptibly by sight
- conspicuouslyIn an attention-grabbing manner
- overtlyDone without concealment
publicly · unconcealed · unhidden · exposed · evidently · manifestly · apparently · observably
frankly
Without concealment or evasion
plainly · straightforwardly · forthrightly · unreservedly · freely · explicitly · unequivocally · bluntly · outspokenly · sincerely
brusquely
In an abrupt manner
harshly · gruffly · tactlessly · undiplomatically · insensitively · unfiltered · plain-spoken · unvarnished · unembellished · unpolished
openly
Without hiding anything
- clearlyWithout ambiguity
- visiblyPerceptibly by sight
- conspicuouslyIn an attention-grabbing manner
overtly · publicly · unconcealed · unhidden · exposed · evidently · manifestly · apparently · observably · discernibly
- serious expressionsno joke, dead serious, I mean it, seriously, in earnest
candidlydishonestly
In an untruthful manner
falsely · deceptively · deceitfully · untruthfully · mendaciously
candidlyevasively
Avoiding direct response
guardedly · covertly · secretively · cagily · indirectly
- candid portraitsUnposed photographs of people
- candid cameraUnobtrusive recording device
- presidential candidatePerson seeking executive office
- candid moment
- candid shotsUnposed, natural photographs
- job candidate
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