All 5 Uses of
candid
in
All the King's Men
- He simply turned on me the candid, blue gaze, slightly shaded by thought now, and said, "It just isn't something I ever thought about.†
Chpt 2
- But candor compelled me to admit that there hadn't been much of an evening to ruin.
Chpt 2 *candor = honesty and directness
- "I fixed it up," he said, and laughed the most candid and disarming laugh in the world.†
Chpt 3
- "George," his wife breathed at him, but it didn't do any good, for Mr. Patton was the bluff, burly type, with lots of money and a manly candor.†
Chpt 3
- …son of Governor Stanton and the grandson of Judge Peyton Stanton and the great-grandson of General Morgan Stanton, and he has lived all his life in the idea that there was a time a long time back when everything was run by high-minded, handsome men wearing knee breeches and silver buckles or Continental blue or frock coats, or even buckskin and coonskin caps, as the case may be—for Adam Stanton isn't any snob— who sat around a table and candidly debated the good of the public thing.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(candid as in: your candid opinion) honest and direct