- frankness
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
frankness
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Frankness — Frank ness, n. The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frankness — index candor (straightforwardness), honesty, probity, veracity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
frankness — 1550s, from FRANK (Cf. frank) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
frankness — n. 1) disarming frankness 2) frankness about * * * [ flæŋkɪnɪs] disarming frankness frankness about … Combinatory dictionary
frankness — Ⅰ. frank [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) honest and direct, especially when dealing with unpleasant matters. 2) open or undisguised: frank admiration. DERIVATIVES frankness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «free»: from Latin francus free , from Francus… … English terms dictionary
frankness — /frangk nis/, n. plainness of speech; candor; openness. [1545 55; FRANK1 + NESS] * * * … Universalium
frankness — noun /ˈfɹæŋknɛs/ The state of being frank; candour; honesty … Wiktionary
frankness — Synonyms and related words: accessibility, approachability, artlessness, austerity, baldness, bareness, big mouth, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, coarseness, common speech, communicativeness, conversableness,… … Moby Thesaurus
frankness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. openness, sincerity, ingenuousness; see honesty 1 … English dictionary for students
frankness — frank·ness || fræŋknɪs n. sincerity, honesty, openness … English contemporary dictionary
