Frankly
Frankly adverb - To tell the truth.
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True and frankly are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "True" with "Frankly", this adverbs are similar.
True
True adverb - As acknowledged.
Frankly and true are semantically related in truthfully topic. Sometimes you can use "Frankly" instead an adverb "True".
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When a story is revealed to be "true", we are seldom told anything more than something like "according to our research, yes, a similar event did happen," so frankly, any of the stories could be true given how liberal of a definition of "similar" they used.
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Unfortunately for those around him, he can be very whimsical about using his Gender Bender powers on other people and prefers his, frankly, gonky Drag Queen true body.
Source: Shapeshifting Squick -
Death is clearly presented as Elisabeth's true love, and her relationship with Franz Josef frankly seems a bit like she's cheating on him.
Source: Theatre / Elisabeth
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