“To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion.” KnowsUseOpportunityViewsOpinionPositionCapacitySincerityCheerfulRobustCandorCandidMiddlemarch Book:Middlemarch Source: Middlemarch