honestly

[hon·est·ly]

(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that

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Honorably; becomingly; decently.

Adverb
in an honest manner; "in he can''t get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"

Adverb
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker''s attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don''t believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn''t have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don''t give a damn"


adv.
Honorably; becomingly; decently.

adv.
In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly.


Honestly

Hon"est*ly , adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak. To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.

Honorably; becomingly; decently.

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Usage Examples

A million words were going through my head and honestly I didn't say one of them. I wanted to let it sit, simmer, you know I wanted to soak it all in - the moment was amazing.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'

As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck, and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

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Other Usage Examples

And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.

I honestly believe you can never tell if a relationship is going to last. In my own marriage, which is going on 14 years, I don't think of it as 'I'm going to be with this person forever.' Instead, I think of more like, 'I'll probably be with this person for the next six weeks. Then I'll re-evaluate.'

I honestly don't love the Cheech and Chong movies, I've got to say.

I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the nomination for the Republican party, and does not want me to succeed at becoming President of the United States of America.

I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm.

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