English → Latin
“candidly” in Latin
sincērusclean, pure, sound; uninjured, whole; real, naturalvērustrue, real, actual (conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct); true, genuine (not counterfeicandidusshining white; clear, bright; fair, beautifulsimplexsingle; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure, unmixedgenuīnusinnate, native, natural; genuine, authenticingenuusnatural, indigenous; free-born, freeborn, of free birth; noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
candidly
sincere; vere; candide; simpliciter; genuine; sine dolo; sine fraude: to confess candidly, aperte et in genue confiteri: to judge candidly, incorrupte et integre judicare: I will speak candidly what I think, quid ipse sentiam vere, ingenue, ex animi sententia dicam: to speak candidly, ut ingenue or aperte dicam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for candidly?
- The usual Latin words for “candidly” are sincērus, vērus, candidus; also simplex, genuīnus, ingenuus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.