Literary notes about candid (AI summary)
In literary works, the adjective "candid" is frequently employed to evoke a sense of frankness and sincerity in both characters and narrative tone. Authors use it to describe individuals who are refreshingly open in their expressions and unreserved in their admissions—whether speaking about themselves or others—emphasizing qualities like honesty and a lack of pretension ([1], [2], [3]). At times the word even extends to the physical description of a character, suggesting an unselfconscious, angelic quality in their features that mirrors their inner openness ([4], [5]). Overall, "candid" functions as a marker of truthfulness, effortlessly bridging personal introspection and direct, unembellished testimony in a wide array of literary contexts ([6], [7], [8]).
- He is candid about acknowledging ignorance, and when versions differ he gives both.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus - And, to be quite candid with you, it is a matter of great importance to us to have some admission of that sort from you in writing.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - ‘Well, to give you my candid opinion, I think there is no comparison between them.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë - It was a pleasure to look at her good, candid, pure face; it was like the face of an angel.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - In the delicate, white-browed face beside her, with its candid eyes and mobile features, there was still far more of the child than of the woman.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - He was no poet himself and didn’t care who knew it; and he had a candid nature.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame - I sometimes say more than I mean, in jest; and people are apt to believe me serious: however, I am more candid than I was when I was younger.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson by James Boswell - His soul was the most sincere and candid that I have ever met with, and was totally free from anything like guile.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine
