Antonyms for honestly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : on-ist-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒn ɪst li


Definition of honestly

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from honest + -ly (2). As an intensifier or exclamation, from 1898.
  • adv in an honest manner
  • adv really
Example sentences :
  • Say, honestly, I didn't know my own name till I had a chanst to look me over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Honestly, I am glad to find you here at your work in your miner's clothes.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Honestly, now, I feel as if I was beginning life over again.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • All I intended by the first, I believe, I honestly told you at the time.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In the meantime I say God-speed to every man who honestly teaches what he honestly believes.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • No one can honestly promise to forego the right which he has over all things.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Now look me straight in the eye, and answer me truly and honestly.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • He believed in it, but not being rich, raced as a profession, honestly and squarely.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • At least nine out of ten races are honestly run—the best horse wins.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I cannot honestly say now whether I ever shared this despondent view or not.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Synonyms for honestly

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