Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Candid; frank; sincere; not sly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Candid; frank; generous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
frank andcandidly straightforward - adjective
generous andkind
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective freely communicative; candidly straightforward
- adjective showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
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Examples
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He mentioned that he was particularly glad that I had used the term "embracing" in the title, and enthusiastically agreed that we need not just a political settlement but open-hearted reconciliation based on acknowledgment that both Israel and Palestine have legitimate narratives and both communities have co-created the current mess.
Rabbi Michael Lerner: Being With the Dalai Lama Rabbi Michael Lerner 2011
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They were open-hearted, joyful, proud to pose for photos, even when approached by a middle-aged American speaking middling Mandarin.
Tom Doctoroff: What Foreigners Can Learn at the Shanghai Zoo Tom Doctoroff 2011
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If Ebeneezer Scrooge could become open-hearted and generous after spending a lifetime as a curmudgeon and miser, there is hope for Uncle Fred.
Dr. Judith Rich: Making Gratitude the Main Course at Thanksgiving Dr. Judith Rich 2011
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So Mr. Williams fashioned a work that evokes the melancholic, calmly affirming, harmonically open-hearted world of Copland.
A New Williams Work for a Momentous Occasion - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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"It was quiet and strong and understated and open-hearted: all qualities which define this character."
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If Ebeneezer Scrooge could become open-hearted and generous after spending a lifetime as a curmudgeon and miser, there is hope for Uncle Fred.
Dr. Judith Rich: Making Gratitude the Main Course at Thanksgiving Dr. Judith Rich 2011
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But the irony is that Holy Father, in seeking to be open-minded and open-hearted (in the most Christian sense of those terms), has been repeatedly attacked as being exclusive and close-minded.
Ecumenism 2009
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They have a knowing only the open-hearted have that the future is perilous.
Eve Ensler: Ambiguous UpSparkles From the Heart of the Park: Mic Check/Occupy Wall Street (Part 3) Eve Ensler 2011
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But I love I'm British But … it's such a sweet, innocent, open-hearted film and it has the sort of openess that I still aspire to with everything I do.
Britain's best film directors show some early promise Philip French 2010
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So Mr. Williams fashioned a work that evokes the melancholic, calmly affirming, harmonically open-hearted world of Copland.
A New Williams Work for a Momentous Occasion - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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