candid

US /ˈkæn.dɪd/
UK /ˈkæn.dɪd/
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offen

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offen

truthful and straightforward; frank.

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his responses were remarkably candid
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frankoutspokenforthrightbluntopenhonesttruthfulsinceredirectstraightforwardplain-spokenbluffunreserveddownrightunvarnishedbaldheart-to-heartintimatepersonalman-to-manwoman-to-womanupfronton the levelon the up and uproundfree-spoken
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secretiveguardedinsincere
2.

offen

(of a photograph of a person) taken informally, especially without the subject's knowledge.

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it is better to let the photographer mingle among the guests and take candid shots
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unposedinformaluncontrivedunstudiedimpromptuspontaneousextemporarynatural
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candidate