All 5 Uses of
candid
in
Little Dorrit
- To all of which John Baptist, listening attentively to the suppressed hoarse voice, said from time to time, 'Surely, surely!' tossing his head and shutting his eyes, as if there were the clearest case against society that perfect candour could make out.†
Chpt 1.11
- 'Leaving me,' said Clennam, 'with a high sense, I must say, of his candour and his—'†
Chpt 1.23
- 'To be candid with you, tolerably.†
Chpt 1.26
- 'Men are so often mistaken on those points,' returned Mrs Gowan, shaking her head, 'that I candidly confess to you I feel anything but sure of it, even now; though it is something to have Henry corroborated with so much gravity and emphasis.†
Chpt 1.26
- "Is it fair to ask," he said, as Clennam gave him his hand with a real feeling of thankfulness for his candour and good-humour, "whether it is true that..."
Chpt 2.28 *candour = honesty and directnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use candor.
Definition:
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(candid as in: your candid opinion) honest and direct