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
- 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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