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were frankly
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In a frank, open or (too) honest manner.
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Some were, frankly, unprintable.
The alternatives were "frankly … disastrous", he said.
(A couple of others were, frankly, less successful).
"The other girls were frankly scared of Rachel".
Our results this year were, frankly, very encouraging".
MEPs were frankly incredulous when he praised the European Parliament for campaigning for tougher workplace rules.
"Two of them were thankful, and two of them were, frankly, annoyed," she said.
Last month, she sent us some whoopie pies that were, frankly, inedible.
Easy Rider, mentioned before, inspired a wave of films with structures that were frankly fragmented.
"And they were, frankly, better made and a lot cheaper than U.S. manufacturing".
"We were frankly disappointed by the way our colleagues here in Hong Kong" handled the situation.
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