frankness
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Legally, I assume there’s no way around the latter and, as queasy as it is to stomach, the frankness of it fits the tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Billops’s questions to Van Der Zee give shape to the book’s narrative, and the subject’s frankness charms his dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
It was that honesty and frankness, combined with his biting touch, that made Stephen Colbert such a TV icon.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
In spite of her terrifying frankness and overwhelming naïveté, he really knew nothing about her and he was tired of living with an enigma.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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