Truthfully vs Frankly - What's the difference?
truthfully | frankly |
(manner) In a truthful manner
(speech act) Frankly.
(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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As adverbs the difference between truthfully and frankly
is that truthfully is (manner) in a truthful manner while frankly is (lb) in a frank, open or (too) honest manner.truthfully
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He spoke truthfully .
- Truthfully , I didn't suspect a thing.