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Definition of Candidness
1. Noun. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
Generic synonyms: Honestness, Honesty
Specialized synonyms: Ingenuousness
Derivative terms: Candid, Candid, Direct, Forthright, Frank
Definition of Candidness
1. n. The quality of being candid.
Definition of Candidness
1. Noun. The quality of being candid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Candidness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candidness
Literary usage of Candidness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Viagens ethnographicas sul americanas: Argentina by Charmian London, Online Archive of California, Simoens da Silva (1921)
"Now you, my dear," in candidness he offset some of his praise, "make a rotten
teacher! For instance, that riding lesson to-day,—you ride as if you had ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1900)
"There was a candidness in his speech and an abruptness in his manner that often
led those who knew him least to believe that he lacked affability. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... of the globe. in the blackest stream of personal infamy, this shower would
have whitened him into the most unequivocal candidness of patriotism. ..."
4. The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Whole Language by John Walker (1902)
"To scour To clean by rubbing ; be purged ; scamper, v Can'dour candidness;
sweetness of temper, s. Splendour Lustre ; magnificence ; pomp, s. ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"His casual candidness produced such a relief from sense of strain and uncertainty
that Pearson felt the color returning to his face. ..."
6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"We address this message to your excellency in all sincerity and candidness, with
the hope that your excellency will devise measures and take the initiative ..."
7. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1909)
"... service have not been in all circumstances becoming the person I am in the
office I exercise, as full of candidness, moderation, clemency, uprightness, ..."
8. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and by Peter Force (1844)
"... and Honour for the Society than I can possibly express, and have no reason to
suspect their Favour, whose candidness 1 so signally proved in my last. ..."
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