- frank´ness
- frank1 «frangk», adjective, verb, noun.–adj.1. free in expressing one's real thoughts, opinions, and feelings; not hiding what is in one's mind; not afraid to say what one thinks; open: »
She was frank in telling me she did not like my new hat.
4. Obsolete. without restriction or restraint; free: »The court of aldermen…shall all have their places frank (Alexander Pope).
–v.t.1. to send (a letter, message, or package) without charge.2. to mark to show that a letter, message, or package is to be sent without charge.3. Figurative. to send or convey (a person) free of charge; enable to come and go freely: »English…will now frank the traveller through the most of North America (Robert Louis Stevenson).
4. to secure exemption for; make immune: »The abstract merits…are almost franked from criticism (George Saintsbury).
–n.1. a mark to show that a letter, message, or package is to be sent without charge: »I must…send this scrawl into town to get a frank…it is not worthy of postage (Scott).
2. the right to send letters, messages, or packages without charge.3. a letter, message, or package sent without charge.–frank´ly, adverb.–frank´ness, noun.Synonym Study adjective. 1 Frank, outspoken, candid mean not afraid to say what one thinks or feels. Frank suggests being willing to express oneself openly, hiding or keeping back nothing: »He was frank to admit that he had not studied the lesson carefully.
Outspoken suggests being ready or even eager to speak out, often bluntly: »He was outspoken in his criticism.
Candid suggests being unwilling to conceal the truth, however unpleasant it may be: »He was candid about his brother's dishonesty.
frank2 «frangk», noun.Informal. a frankfurter.Frank «frangk», noun.1. a member of a group of West Germanic tribes that conquered northern Gaul in the 400's and 500's A.D.2. a Levantine name for any European.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
