candid

Part of speech: adverb

Candidly.

Part of speech: noun

Candidness.

Part of speech: adjective

Sincere; ingenuous; frank; fair.

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Usage examples "candid":

  1. But Mrs. Lascelles sat looking up at me with her fine and candid eyes, as though she knew as well as I which was the real coincidence, and knew that I knew into the bargain. - "No Hero", E.W. Hornung.
  2. If candor were needed, he would be candid. - "The Captain of the Kansas", Louis Tracy.
  3. After this candid statement he stared solemnly at his companion, as though to say, " What think ye of that, my brave?" - "The Big Otter", R.M. Ballantyne.