outspokenlyadv.
/ˌaʊtˈspəʊk(ə)nli/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈspoʊk(ə)nli/ In an outspoken manner; unreservedly, frankly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] > frankly
freelyeOE
unreservedly1708
candidly1762
outspokenly1855
straight1874
man to man1902
(straight) from the shoulder1904
squat1909
1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 422 Many women do love as eagerly,..as outspokenly, as pursuingly—as Caroline Helstone is said to have done.
1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §9 Both of them outspokenly religious, and entirely sincere men.
1890 I. J. Lansing Romanism & Republic xiv. 446 Time and again the different speakers outspokenly declare for the sole right of the Romish Church to educate their children.
1940 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 24 June in War within & Without (1980) 118 We had a very good time analyzing the characteristics of the British (the friend and I being the more moderate, while C. and D. were outspokenly critical).
1982 A. S. Dale Outl. Sanity iv. 37 Gilbert had been outspokenly in favor of women's rights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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