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单词 candidly
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candidlyadv.

/ˈkandɪdli/
Etymology: < candid adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. Fairly, without prejudice or bias, with open mind.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] > fairly or equitably
evenlylOE
fairOE
egallyc1374
upright1509
equally1526
honestly1526
uprightly1549
squarely1564
square1577
candidly1646
equitably1663
fairly1676
equably1839
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 153 That proverbe must be candidly interpreted. View more context for this quotation
1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 207.
1651 J. Tombes in R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 211 He would have sought for truth candidly.
1745 Season. Adv. Protest. 28 So that the Children..may listen candidly to wholesome Instruction.
1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. iv. 87 To think candidly of persons of his persuasion.
2. Without malice; favourably, kindly, courteously. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb]
welleOE
blithec1000
blithelyc1000
goodfullya1300
blethelyc1300
milthlyc1300
kindlya1375
benignlyc1380
en-gree14..
homelya1425
benevolently1532
benign1535
obsequiously?1536
kindly1581
kind1592
propitiously1600
kindlily1625
well-meaningly1645
obligingly1646
candidly1650
beneficentlya1717
kindly-like1716
good-naturedly1725
benignantly1791
kindheartedly1803
1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 72 I will candidly passe over what may receive any tolerably good interpretation.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 132 Candidly disposed to make the best of the worst.
1782 Hellins in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 425 I hope this little piece will be candidly received.
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 581/1 He must not candidly and generously concede the truth and wisdom of those [propositions] which seemed to him plausible or reasonable.
3. Frankly, openly, straightforwardly, without reserve.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] > frankly
freelyeOE
unreservedly1708
candidly1762
outspokenly1855
straight1874
man to man1902
(straight) from the shoulder1904
squat1909
1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 3 Montaigne or Colley Cibber, who candidly tells us what they thought of the world.
1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church iv 98 Few judges have so candidly avowed their incapacity to discharge the duties of office.
1884 G. Denman Law Times Rep. 51 666/2 The manager himself candidly answered that they took the risk.
1888 N.E.D. at Candidly Mod. I candidly confess that I am ashamed of my party.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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