Openly vs Frankly - What's the difference?
openly | frankly |
In an open manner, visibly, not covertly.
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, year=2012
, date=April 26
, author=Tasha Robinson
, title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :
, work=The Onion AV Club
(lb) In a frank, open or (too) honest manner.
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*:She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought 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.
(lb) In truth, to tell the truth.
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Frankly is a antonym of openly.
As adverbs the difference between openly and frankly
is that openly is in an open manner, visibly, not covertly while frankly is in a frank, open or (too) honest manner.openly
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Adverb
(en adverb)- Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer;
citation, page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}