All 7 Uses of
candid
in
The House of Mirth
- She had refrained from touching it because it was a last resource, and she had relied on other arts to stimulate other sensations; but as a settled look of dulness began to creep over his candid features, she saw that extreme measures were necessary.†
Chpt 1.2
- "Oh, I don't mean that; he wouldn't believe it of you—at first," said Mrs. Trenor, with candid shrewdness.†
Chpt 1.4
- A glimpse of Mr. Gryce's crestfallen face even suggested that she had done wisely in absenting herself, since the disappointment he so candidly betrayed would surely whet his appetite for the afternoon walk.†
Chpt 1.5
- "To save my neck, you know!" he explained, with a glance that appealed to Lily for some recognition of his promptness; and the Duchess added, with her noble candour: "Mr.†
Chpt 2.2
- Miss Bart continued to stand before him in a silence that might have expressed either mockery or a half-reluctant respect for his candour, and after a moment's pause he went on: "There it is, you see.†
Chpt 2.7
- Carry, always the soul of candour, put the case squarely to her friend.
Chpt 2.10 *candour = honesty and directnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use candor.
- As she led the way westward past a long line of areas which, through the distortion of their paintless rails, revealed with increasing candour the DISJECTA MEMBRA of bygone dinners, Lily felt that Rosedale was taking contemptuous note of the neighbourhood; and before the doorstep at which she finally paused he looked up with an air of incredulous disgust.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(candid as in: your candid opinion) honest and direct