frankly

adverb

1. 1

   In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.

   to speak frankly

   He spoke frankly about the economy.

   She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

   Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.

2. 2

   In truth, to tell the truth.

   Most of what they said was, frankly, a pack of lies.

   Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

3. 3

   To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident.

   frankly septic

   frankly psychotic

Forms

comparative

franklier, more frankly

superlative

frankliest, most frankly