Bible dictionaries
Frankly
What Bible dictionaries say about “Frankly”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Frankly - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
FRANK'LY, adv.
1. Openly; freely; ingenuously; without reserve, constraint or disguise; as, to confess one's faults frankly.
2. Liberally; freely; readily. Luke 7.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
frank'-li (charizomai):
"Frankly" in the sense of "freely," "readily," "graciously," occurs only in the translation of charizomai, properly "to gratify," "to do that which is grateful or pleasing," "to forgive" (Lu 7:42, "He frankly forgave them both," the Revised Version (British and American) has simply "forgave"; the same word is translated in Lu 7:43, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "forgave," in Lu 7:21 the King James Version it is "gave," the Revised Version (British and American) "bestowed," granted to see). It occurs in the New Testament only in Luke and Paul.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915