"frank speech" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a speech that is direct and honest in its communication. For example, "The senator's frank speech in which he admitted his mistakes was well-received by the audience."
There's the trust you feel in honesty of character, the old ideal of frank speech and lucid motives.
In April, President Hu Jintao gave a surprisingly frank speech in which he warned officials of the temptations of beautiful women, money and power.
In a frank speech about Germany's response to its growing influence in Europe, he conceded Germany had only partially emerged from the shadow of two world wars.
Russell's plain, frank speech, along with his determined gait and searching gaze, make his performance as effective and moving as it is historic.
He is an older man and blind, and it was an unexpectedly frank speech, which his personal scribe interrupted several times to make sure he understood.
French people, in other words, have manners, which explains why a crucial element of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's revolt was frank speech.
The campaign shelved the overly frank speeches in the end, arguing that her sense of humour was probably misunderstood.
Her videos are all lengthy, tangential and frank speeches on her personal life, female confidence and societal taboos.
We expect a high level of honesty of comic writers -- of Parrhesia, which he defines as "plain, frank, unintimidated speech".
FRANK: The speeches can be read.
He is also now widely viewed in Britain as a less crusty and more sympathetic figure after his frank and emotional speech following the Wimbledon final, which he lost to Federer a few weeks before the Olympics.
