Frankly vs To tell you the truth

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Frankly

Top 2000 (courant) C1 adverb

To tell you the truth

Top 2000 (courant)

	Frankly	To tell you the truth
Prononciation	🇬🇧 /["/ˈfræŋkli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈfræŋkli/"]/	🇬🇧 //tə tɛl jʊ ðə truːθ// 🇺🇸 //tə tɛl jʊ ðə truθ//
Sens	Honnêtement ou directement. Honestly or directly.	Honnêtement, je te dis la vérité. Honestly, I'm being truthful with you.
Exemple	He spoke frankly about the ordeal.	To tell you the truth, I wasn't very excited about the party.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Top 2000 (courant)	Top 2000 (courant)
Niveau CEFR	C1	-
Nature grammaticale	adverb
Collocations	speak frankly, frankly speaking, respond frankly	to tell you the whole truth, to tell you the absolute truth, to tell the truth
Antonymes	deceptively, insincerely, dishonestly	to lie, to deceive
Erreurs fréquentes	Used in questions when it should be a statement., Confused with 'frank' as an adjective., Overused in casual settings.	Omitting 'the' ('to tell you truth'), Using in formal contexts too often, Overusing in casual conversations
Notes d'usage	Utilisez 'franchement' lorsque vous voulez exprimer votre opinion honnête. C'est souvent utilisé dans des conversations plus sérieuses et peut être considéré comme trop direct dans des contextes très formels. Use 'frankly' when you want to express your honest opinion. It's often used in more serious conversations and might be considered too direct for very formal contexts.	Utilisé quand on donne une opinion franche ou qu'on fait une confession. C'est mieux dans les conversations où l'honnêteté est importante; à éviter dans les écrits formels. Used when introducing a frank opinion or confession. Best in conversations where honesty is valued; avoid in formal writing.

Vois-le dans de vrais extraits

We're tight but frankly, there's a lot of windows up here.

Frankly, I don't see how you can vote for acquittal.

Sherlock › S1 E1

- No. No, he wasn't, really, was he? - Frankly, a bloody awful cabbie.

We're tight but frankly, there's a lot of windows up here.

Frankly, I don't see how you can vote for acquittal.

Frankly

The Lord Of The Rings › The Fellowship Of The Ring

To tell you the truth, Bilbo's been a bit odd lately.

The Queen Gambit › S1 E1

To tell you the truth of it, child…

The Sopranos › S1 E1

To tell you the truth,

The Lord Of The Rings › The Fellowship Of The Ring

To tell you the truth, Bilbo's been a bit odd lately.

The Queen Gambit › S1 E1

To tell you the truth of it, child…

To tell you the truth

Questions fréquentes : Frankly vs To tell you the truth

Quelle est la différence entre Frankly et To tell you the truth ?

Frankly: Honestly or directly. To tell you the truth: Honestly, I'm being truthful with you.

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

Frankly: He spoke frankly about the ordeal. To tell you the truth: To tell you the truth, I wasn't very excited about the party.

Puis-je utiliser Frankly et To tell you the truth de façon interchangeable ?

Pas toujours. Frankly et To tell you the truth sont proches et se recoupent parfois, mais elles diffèrent par le registre, la fréquence et l'usage, donc remplacer l'une par l'autre peut changer le sens ou le ton. Regarde les différences ci-dessus avant de substituer.