frankly

frank +‎ -ly

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkli/
• Hyphenation: frank‧ly

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frankly (comparative franklier or more frankly, superlative frankliest or most frankly)

1. (manner) In a frank, open or (too) honest manner.

   He spoke frankly about the economy.

   • 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter III, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384:

     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.

2. (speech act) In truth, to tell the truth.

   1939, Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind‎:

   Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

• (manner): candidly, forthcomingly, honestly, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:honestly
• (speech act): as a matter of fact, truth to tell; see also Thesaurus:actually