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unfrank

unfrank adjective: not frank.

Adjective

unfrank (comparative more unfrank, superlative most unfrank)

  1. Not frank.
    • That unknown, approaching thing, seemeth ever ill, my brother, which must have unfrank heralds to go before.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
    • Hitherto I have lived a great deal too much apart from my sisters, partly from indolence, and partly from my unfrank disposition.1926, Beatrice Webb, My Apprenticeship, published 1979, page 72

Forms of unfrank

comparativemore unfrank
superlativemost unfrank

Origin of unfrank

From un- + frank.

Words formed from unfrank

Questions about unfrank

What does unfrank mean?
Unfrank means not frank.
What part of speech is unfrank?
Unfrank is an adjective.

Words near unfrank in the dictionary

  1. unframed
  2. unframes
  3. unframing
  4. unfranchised
  5. unfrangible
  6. unfrank
  7. unfrankable
  8. unfranked
  9. unfrankly
  10. unfrankness
  11. unfraternal

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