frank
Example Sentences
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Voters were enthused by what they saw as her decisiveness and frank style of communication, as well as her optimism and outsider status as a woman in a male-dominated political world.
The tone of the messages from this time is often jokey and indiscreet, occasionally veering into excruciatingly frank.
From BBC
That sounds like frank American wisdom, doesn’t it?”
From Literature
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“To be totally frank, we’re continuing to make them more for sentimental reasons than anything else. They’re really of minor importance to the future.”
From MarketWatch
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the talks were "substantive, constructive and very frank", but reiterated that any agreement for durable peace would not be possible without resolving territorial issues.
From BBC
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