Also means
really, quite (intensifier)
Usage Note
Franchement can open a sentence as a discourse marker meaning 'honestly speaking', similar to English 'frankly'. It also intensifies adjectives in informal speech: franchement bien ('really good'). Derived from the adjective franc / franche ('frank, direct').
Examples
"Franchement, je ne sais pas."
Natural Translation
Honestly, I don't know.
Literal Translation
Honestly, I not know
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