candid

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Most of the meetings were brutally candid, and often risky for the Afghan and Pakistani participants - we journalists were asked not to reveal their names for their own safety.

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  1. adjective Free from prejudice; impartial.
  2. adjective Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. See Synonyms at frank1.
  3. adjective Not posed or rehearsed: a candid snapshot.
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  • One of the big publishers should be willing to pay top dollar for a candid, authorized bio of you Hamilton smiled. —  Rebecca York - Beyond Control
  • The judges called Athill's book "a perfect memoir of old age - candid, detailed, charming, totally lacking in self-pity or sentimentality and above all, beautifully, beautifully written". —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • Other descendants of "candēre" in English include "candid," "incandescent," "candle," and the somewhat less common "candent" and —  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
  • The Public Relations Unit can't afford to be candid, any more than the rest of us. —  Cayman Net News Daily Headlines
  • Most of the meetings were brutally candid, and often risky for the Afghan and Pakistani participants - we journalists were asked not to reveal their names for their own safety. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
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  1. Latin candidus, glowing, white, pure, guileless, from candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French candide = Spanish Portuguese Italian candido, from Latin candidus, bright, radiant, pure, clear, sincere, frank, from candēre, shine, glitter, glisten, be bright, be white, glow, glow with heat (in comp. accenděre and incenděre, set on fire: see accend, incense, incendiary, etc.), akin to Greek ξανθός, golden-yellow (see xantho-), καθαρός, clear, clean, pure (see cathartic), LGr. κάνδαρος, a coal, and to Sanskrit çchandra, chandra, shining, chandra, chandramas, the moon, from ✓ çchand, chand, orig. *skandh, shine. Hence also (from Latin candēre) candle, q. v.
 

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