The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing.
Lisa spoke with disarming frankness about the accident
Example sentencesExamples
There was a tender innocence about her, a beguiling absurdity, a delightful frankness.
I was confounded by the magnitude of her pain and by the confessional frankness in her tone as she writes about the traumas inflicted upon her and her sisters.
He was a living example to others by his belief that complete frankness and generous tolerance are not incompatible.
Originally published in 1905, Doctor Glas is a novel of extraordinary immediacy and frankness.
Information relating to policy decisions would have to be disclosed unless it would substantially prejudice collective responsibility or frankness and candor.
For a guy who has jealously guarded his privacy, he's made a film whose frankness is surprising.
Her affectionate cynicism is an extraordinary change from her previous erotic frankness.
Her doe-eyed frankness gave me goosebumps.
I am extremely grateful for the frankness and honesty with which people engaged with the inquiry across the whole country.
He explained all this to his mother in November 1792, in a letter of perhaps unnecessary frankness.
Definition of frankness in US English:
frankness
nounˈfræŋknəsˈfraNGknəs
The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing.
Lisa spoke with disarming frankness about the accident
Example sentencesExamples
Information relating to policy decisions would have to be disclosed unless it would substantially prejudice collective responsibility or frankness and candor.
There was a tender innocence about her, a beguiling absurdity, a delightful frankness.
I am extremely grateful for the frankness and honesty with which people engaged with the inquiry across the whole country.
Her doe-eyed frankness gave me goosebumps.
For a guy who has jealously guarded his privacy, he's made a film whose frankness is surprising.
He explained all this to his mother in November 1792, in a letter of perhaps unnecessary frankness.
He was a living example to others by his belief that complete frankness and generous tolerance are not incompatible.
I was confounded by the magnitude of her pain and by the confessional frankness in her tone as she writes about the traumas inflicted upon her and her sisters.
Originally published in 1905, Doctor Glas is a novel of extraordinary immediacy and frankness.
Her affectionate cynicism is an extraordinary change from her previous erotic frankness.