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発音

• (without æ-raising) IPA: /ˈfɹæŋkli/
  • • (æ-raising) IPA: /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkli/, /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkli/
• ハイフネーション: frank‧ly

副詞

frankly (comparative franklier or more frankly, superlative frankliest or most frankly)

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

   Synonyms: candidly, forthcomingly, honestly, truthfully, bluntly; see also Thesaurus:honestly

   to speak frankly

   He spoke frankly about the economy.

   • 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:

     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.

   • 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN‎:

     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. (sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

   Synonyms: as a matter of fact, to be frank, truth to tell; see also Thesaurus:actually

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

   • 1939, Gone with the Wind‎, spoken by Rhett Butler (Clark Gable):

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

3. (sciences, medicine) To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident.

   Coordinate terms: evidently, obviously, apparently, macroscopically, grossly, greatly, palpably

   frankly septic

   frankly psychotic