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candidity

UK/kænˈdɪdɪtɪ/

candidity noun: candidness.

Noun

candidity (uncountable)

  1. (comparatively rare) candidness
    • One of our Sophomore specials who attends English regularly once a week, while correcting sentences in the rhetoric recitation the other day, changed the sentence, “I admire his amiableness and candidness,” to read “I admire his amiability and candidity.”1888: Columbia Spectator, volumes 22–24, page 173 (Spectator Publishing Co.)

Origin of candidity

From candid + -ity.

Questions about candidity

What does candidity mean?
Candidity means candidness.
What part of speech is candidity?
Candidity is a noun.
How do you pronounce candidity?
Candidity is pronounced /kænˈdɪdɪtɪ/ (UK).

Words near candidity in the dictionary

  1. candidiasis
  2. candidicidal
  3. candidid
  4. candidids
  5. candidiosis
  6. candidity
  7. candidly
  8. candidness
  9. candidoses
  10. candidosis
  11. candids

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