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frankly, adv.|ˈfræŋklɪ|
[f. frank a.2 + -ly2.]
In a frank manner.
†1. Freely; unrestrictedly, without restraint or constraint. Obs.
1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 25 All other lawfull thinges..to do as liberally, frankelie, lawfully..as if they..had been naturally borne within this realme. 1547City of London Jrnls. 317 in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. iii. 132 [To] excercyse the seyd..office..Franklye & frelye. 1626Bacon Sylva §544 The Sap..cannot get up, to spread so frankly, as it should do.
2.
†a. In liberal or abundant measure, bountifully, lavishly (obs.).
b. In a liberal spirit, generously; unconditionally, unreservedly.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries ii. (1550) 102 The cattell..was..frankely fed. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 402 They would procure the people to deale their almes some⁓what more franckly. 1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 48 Wee..pardon francklye the villeyn. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme i. xxiii. 130 Oxen are not to be fed so frankely and full in winter. 1602Rowlands 'Tis Merrie when Gossips meet (1609) 19 His Crownes vpon them frankly he bestowes. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 106 Were it but my life, I'de throw it downe..As frankely as a pin. 1611Bible Luke vii. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgaue them both. 1647H. More Philos. P., Oracle 61 Ambrosian streams..Do frankly flow. 1671True Non-conf. 2 I do here francklie..lay aside all wrath and bitterness. 1683Claverhouse 9 June in Mowbray Morris Life xii. (1889) 142 All the Justices doe their deuty francly and cheerfully. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre xi, The power of meriting the kindness..so frankly offered. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon I. 50 Sir Tristram accepts the invitation as frankly as it is given.
3. Without concealment, disguise, or reserve; avowedly, openly, plainly. Now freq. with ellipsis of to speak.
c1540Fisher's Wks., Life (E.E.T.S.) p. li, This worthie Byshopp..was..desired to speake his minde frankly and freely. 1625Bacon Ess., Suspicion (Arb.) 529 The best Meane..is franckly to communicate them [suspicions]. 1754Chatham Lett. Nephew iv. 24 Venture to own frankly that you came to Cambridge to learn what you can. 1847Lytton Lucretia 27 Frankly, if you can like my niece, win her. 1865W. Roberts Urin. & Renal Dis. i. iv. (1885) 185 The deposition of the urates is sufficient evidence that the urine is frankly acid. 1880L. Stephen Pope iii. 79 It would be impossible to accept more frankly the theory that lying is wrong when it is found out. 1888Kipling Under Deodars (1890) 52 She.—.. Can you wonder that I'm disinclined for amusement? He.—Frankly, I do. 1892M. Dods St. John I. xvi. 248 Frankly open your soul before Him. 1960L. R. Banks L-Shaped Room xiv. 196 The one [sc. board] down his front said, ‘Are you ready to meet your maker??’ ‘Frankly, yes,’ Toby answered it. 1961A. Christie Pale Horse i. 20 ‘But you didn't come here to talk to me about my books.’ ‘Frankly no.’
4. With freedom of artistic treatment.
1851Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. xix. 198 Frankly completing the arch work and cornice of each. 1885Athenæum 23 May 669/2 Frankly painted, and with much good drawing. |