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candid definition

can·did (kan′did)

adjective

  1. free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
  2. very honest or frank in what one says or writes
  3. unposed and informal a candid photograph
  4. Archaic
    1. white
    2. pure

Etymology: L candidus, white, pure, sincere < candere: see candescent

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candid Synonyms

candid

modif.

  1. Frank

    straightforward, sincere, open; see frank, honest 1.

  2. Fair

    impartial, just, upright; see fair 1.

  3. Informal

    unposed, impromptu, extemporaneous, unstudied; see extemporaneous, informal 1. See syn. study at frank.


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candid Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • reason: The Minister has been very candid about the reasons why the arrangement has been made in this way.

Modifies a noun

  • portrait: Market places and busy streets are ideal places to capture candid portraits.

Modifying Another Word

  • refreshingly: Thorpe is refreshingly candid about himself, without ever getting in the way.
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candid quotes

Give me the avowed, erect and manly foe; Firm I can meet, perhaps return the blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend.

-Canning, George

   Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the Manners living as they rise. Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man. See Milton 580:93.

-Pope, Alexander

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