The phrase "a bit more candid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to express a desire for someone to be more open or honest in their communication.
Example: "I appreciate your feedback, but I would like you to be a bit more candid about your thoughts on the project."
Alternatives: "a little more straightforward" or "somewhat more honest".
The fact that he did not get picked may allow Mr. Pawlenty to be a bit more candid.
In an e-mail message to employees, William B. Harrison, Chase's chief executive, was a bit more candid.
Their husband was away working in France, so they were inclined to be a bit more candid about their lady parts.
Later, he allowed himself to be a bit more candid about life after Rolls-Royce and the difficulty he faces in making the right career choice having been at the same company for so long.
He was a bit more candid about his role as a dissenting voice in a recent radio interview with Terry Gross: "For one thing, people pay less attention," he lamented, "and you have the law going the way that you think is wrong".
By The New Yorker January 23, 2013 In this week's magazine, Colin Jost turns on his e-mail's automatic reply message, and it's a bit more candid than your average out-of-office response: I will have limited access to e-mail.
Then, Whitehead issued some guidelines this is also in that chapter later for Goldman Sachs employees, and these seem to be a little bit more candid.
But her take on Thune, while broadly shared both in Republican and Democratic circles, was a bit more rare and candid than DNC officials generally make.
(That's 15 percent off a very thorough waxing. And yes, "male Brazilians" are popular, too. If you want to learn more about all this — perhaps a bit more than you'll wish you had — you can visit Ms. Taylor's candid FAQ page).
Tillerson, offering a bit more of a cordial outlook after Tuesday's ultimatum, said he was hoping for a "very open, candid, and frank exchange" with Lavrov.
