All 6 Uses of
candid
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- But the kindness of his heart was such that he never resented anything for long, and welcomed his son to-day with a smile which was as candidly sweet as a child's.†
Chpt 4candidly = with honesty and directness
- Each brother candidly recognized that there were a few unimportant score of millions of outsiders in civilized society, persons who were neither University men nor churchmen; but they were to be tolerated rather than reckoned with and respected.†
Chpt 4
- He told of wondrous conversions of evil livers of which he had been the instrument, not only amongst the poor, but amongst the rich and well-to-do; and he also candidly admitted many failures.†
Chpt 4
- Neither a religious sense of a certain moral validity in the previous union nor a conscientious wish for candour could hold out against it much longer.†
Chpt 4 *candour = honesty and directnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use candor.
- At the last moment her courage had failed her; she feared his blame for not telling him sooner; and her instinct of self-preservation was stronger than her candour.†
Chpt 4
- Being more finely formed, better educated, and, though the youngest except Retty, more woman than either, she perceived that only the slightest ordinary care was necessary for holding her own in Angel Clare's heart against these her candid friends.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(candid as in: your candid opinion) honest and direct
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(2)
(candid as in: a candid photograph) unposed -- typically said of a photograph