The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
Trueness of course toward a goal.
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Examples for "frankness "
Examples for "frankness "
1 I liked her face; I liked her voice; I liked her frankness .
2 Again the girl was deceived by the apparent frankness of the Belgian.
3 He is the frankest, most outspoken of writers; and that very frankness .
4 The officer of the Surete knit his brows, and with frankness replied:
5 He possesses a mundane frankness and a social intrepidity which challenge admiration.
1 I'm not sure it's possible to manipulate someone with candor and truth.
2 Despite the candor , Clinton supporters will no doubt still condemn Comey's decision.
3 Berman was surprised at the young man's candor , but he was right.
4 The message of Mr. Lincoln dealt with the situation in perfect candor .
5 Grace would have avoided this; but her natural candor led her on.
1 Repression and debunking candour are comically mixed in such free indirect speech.
2 So, too is his sheer straight-talking candour in an often disingenuous industry.
3 Hunt needs a duty of candour to the public about NHS funding.
4 The mixture of humour and candour in his baby eye was irresistible.
5 Bolitho studied his gipsy good looks, the reckless candour in his voice.
1 I respect your forthrightness , and I'm grateful for it, but you're right.
2 Jimmy also had a forthrightness that made him popular among the men.
3 He had taken her forthrightness and left her, in exchange, his dreams.
4 Missy's forthrightness and insight all at once surprised Bolan and warmed him.
5 He kept his thoughts unguarded to show his confidence and display his forthrightness .
1 The candidness is welcome but not enough to avoid a governance hangover.
2 But her strikingly transparent candidness is part of her global appeal.
3 The book is deft and lyrical, with the candidness of a child's mind.
4 There is a rough candidness to Julien Baker's lyrics that can puncture the soul.
5 The man's candidness had given Casey an idea.
1 Growing suddenly serious, she regarded him with a look of unsettling directness .
2 The simple directness of the spoken word has been allowed to stand.
3 The Princess talked on in a fashion of perfect simplicity and directness .
4 The corporal raised his head and replied with the same peasant-like directness :
5 There was a straight-forward directness in the gaze of his blue eyes.
6 The officer replied with a directness that rose superior to personal curiosity.
7 The directness of the answer, given in a shy voice, astonished him.
8 But the style has the directness and sincerity of all his writings.
9 And the return of the wanderer was set forth with graphic directness .
10 With all its faults the style has the merits of masculine directness .
11 No sincerity or directness anywhere in him, and very little real courage.
12 The coarse bluntness and directness of the man did not offend her.
13 Poor Mrs. Lee was quite disconcerted by the directness of the attack.
14 But the chief peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness.
15 Alton laughed, and Miss Deringham found something pleasant in his naive directness .
16 Never had men more simplicity of purpose, more directness in its execution.
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