noun
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A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
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His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
adjective
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Impartial and free from prejudice.
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Straightforward, open and sincere.
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Not posed or rehearsed.
Examples of candid in a Sentence
Randy hesitated, as if not sure how candid he should be.
The owner was candid about the things that went wrong as well as the successes.
They were very candid portraits.
I don't know how candid you can be with Julie.
Don't get alarmed but I've taken the liberty to be a tad candid with him.
He also took the moment to be very candid about his divorce from wife Yvette.
Do you suppose any of these relatives Howie is trying to reach will be as candid about his early years as Reverend Humphries?
The government has been quite candid on this point.
I was sure dear Brenda would be far more candid with the instrument pressed to her throat.
It was a candid admission of guilt.
He was an excellent cross-examiner, whose candid friendliness of manner often succeeded in eliciting important testimony from unwilling witnesses.
I think she'd be a lot less candid with you along.
He was candid about the reasons why the arrangement has been made in this way.
Martha seems to have a pretty good read on Patsy and she's always been candid talking about her.
I hadn't considered that having a house guest would severely limit our chances for candid conversation.
It is best to be candid once you develop trust.
Some photographers will do traditional portraits followed by a more candid session outside or in your home.
Dozens of pictures will be taken on prom night, from the first flash of a parent's camera to formal portraits at the dance to many candid snapshots.
Vicki Iovine's The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy makes a great gift for pregnant women who need a humorous and candid guide to the changes that are happening as they await the birth of their child.
Candid shots were snapped, presumably from behind bushes, of the couple enjoying their time and just lounging around easily.
And the "hero" has obliged, both in professional pictures and candid shots snapped by the paparazzi.
Candid bikini shots were splashed all over the Internet for a while and are easily archived.
Candid reviews of the swimwear can be found on many sources.
Extensive lists of microwave oven models and styles along with candid customer reviews and price ranges are available at Amazon, BizRate and Consumer Search, as well as other appliance comparison websites.
Some of your best ideas for improvements can come from people you don't know, since they tend to give the most candid answers and comments.
Understanding body language is critical in all relationships because it gives us the most complete and candid information about what the other person is thinking and feeling.
It appears from your question, that you and your gentleman friend have been very candid with each other sexually.
When your date was candid, he put you in the position of being his therapist.
An intimate connection is a result of two people having developed trust, through the process of each sharing honest and later, candid opinions, values, and experiences over a long period of time.
You confused honesty, which is important in dating with, being candid, which is not good at the start of a new relationship.
To be candid with another person is to share vulnerabilities.
Don't confuse honesty with being candid.
While candid individual photos are great for collages and CDs, a group shot will work best for gifts featuring a single image.
Take a cue from wedding receptions and buy several disposable cameras for guests to take candid shots throughout the party.
As the show's theme song said, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."
Some of these are great candid moments of Miley, but those are the rare gems; most are taken at a great distance with cell phone cameras and are shaky, blurry, and often have the star just as a bright dot in the center of a crowd of people.
As a result, Hegel's system undertakes to show candid minds that incompatible assertions not only may but must both be true.'
Spinoza abounds in the same sense, and is as usual perfectly candid " Naturae leges et regulae, secundum quas omnia fiunt et ex unis formis in alias mutantur, sunt ubique et semper eadem."
But he was too little of a partisan, too widely sympathetic and candid, as well as too elaborate, to be a telling speaker in parliament, and was consequently surpassed by more practical men whose powers were incomparably inferior.
His reputation was helped by several clever if somewhat wrong-headed publications, including a satirical pamphlet entitled The Theology and Philosophy of Cicero's Somnium Scipionis (1751), a defence of the Hutchinsonians in A Fair, Candid and Impartial State of the Case between Sir Isaac Newton and Mr Hutchinson (1753), and critiques upon William Law (1758) and Benjamin Kennicott (1760).
Of his teachers, one, the Rev. Charles Wellbeloved, was, Martineau said, " a master of the true Lardner type, candid and catholic, simple and thorough, humanly fond indeed of the counsels of peace, but piously serving every bidding of sacred truth."
Yet it would seem as if a candid and impartial historian could not well be greatly in doubt in the matter.
Among his pamphlets are A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and the Colonies (1775); Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion (1780); Cool Thoughts on the Consequences to Great Britain of American Independence (1780); and The Claim of the American Loyalists Reviewed and Maintained upon Incontrovertible Principles of Law and Justice (1788).
He became known in the House of Commons principally for his candid criticism of the measures introduced by his nominal leaders, and he was rather to be ranked among the Opposition than as a Ministerialist; and when the crisis with the Transvaal came in 1899, Mr Courtney's views, which remained substantially what they were when he supported the settlement after Majuba in 1881, had plainly become incompatible with his position even as a nominal follower of Lord Salisbury and Mr Chamberlain.
For in the whole course of the war no such candid announcement had ever been made by any commander on either side; it was assumed, especially abroad, that if Cadorna confessed this much there was far more that he did not tell.
It is no calamity that natural procrastination, or the clamour caused by his candid treatment of atheism and by certain heretical tendencies detected by orthodox criticism in his view of the Trinity, made Cudworth leave the work unfinished.
The Emily Osment bikini pics featured at dcfans.tv appear to be candid shots taken by a friend and are on the official site for fans of the Disney Channel, so it seems likely she granted permission for their display.
And although it would seem she has only had one professional bikini photo taken, for the cover of Allure magazine, there are a number of candid shots of her on holiday available for those who want to enjoy them.
The most recent candid shots of her to be posted all over the Internet were snapped not long after the birth of their daughter Honor when Alba was on holiday with husband Cash Warren.
For seemingly candid pictures of Kim Kardashian in a bikini, you can also visit The Superficial.