Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being candid; openness of mind or manner; frank honesty or truthfulness; fairness; ingenuousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being candid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
candid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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Examples
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Remember, he is working with the President and an odd bedfellow in Rev. Sharpton to raise our educational performance, and his candidness is always refreshing.
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Used the rough dig of the bark to counteract the dangerous quicksand feeling his candidness elicited.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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I found myself addicted to reading McCain's memoir, probably because she wrote with the humor and candidness of one of my other favorite authors in the genre -- Chelsea Handler.
Jamie Hughes: Why You Should Read Meghan McCain's Dirty Sexy Politics Jamie Hughes 2010
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I left the Women's Conference moved by the level of openness and candidness the speakers had with the audience -- and the audience had with each other -- about their inner-most struggles and everyday challenges.
Highlights From Maria Shriver's The Women's Conference Kris Ruby 2010
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The combination of her spirituality and candidness was intoxicating to him.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Used the rough dig of the bark to counteract the dangerous quicksand feeling his candidness elicited.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The combination of her spirituality and candidness was intoxicating to him.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Used the rough dig of the bark to counteract the dangerous quicksand feeling his candidness elicited.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The combination of her spirituality and candidness was intoxicating to him.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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The combination of her spirituality and candidness was intoxicating to him.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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