Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In an honest manner.
- adv. Used as an intensive: I honestly don't care.
- interj. Used to express mild disapproval or dismay: Honestly! Look at the mess you've made.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Honorably; in a manner to do honor to; properly.
- In an honest manner; with honesty.
Wiktionary
- adv. manner In an honest manner.
- adv. speech act Frankly.
- interj. Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. obsolete Honorably; becomingly; decently.
- adv. In an honest manner
WordNet 3.0
- adv. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
- adv. in an honest manner
Etymologies
- honest + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Working time: Good 24 Hours But (9pm to 9am server is so fast) Pakistan Time (GMT+5) *********** If you Work seriously and honestly then I pay you honestly*************”
“(something a few members like to drop in as soon as people start complaining about complainers), and people are certainly welcome to voice their opinions on the show, I wonder just how many people honestly * honestly* think a show like this is going to be forthcoming with answers.”
“Anytime someone uses the word honestly in a sentence, it is a dead giveaway the opposite is true.”
“You have blind faith I know how to use the term honestly that the scientific method can furnish us with certain knowledge.”
“You come by your name honestly, Gong-shi, and I think you are more than worthy of that bow.”
“But I think more importantly, honestly, is understanding how to make the most of your viewers, in terms of the advertising dollars because that still is where the majority of the dollars are made.”
Forbes: Web Advertisers Know Who You Are And How To Make You Spend
“But then again, it appears honestly is in short supply from those in favor of repealing DADT anyway.”
“But how hard honestly is it to do the following things.”
“If Sanford just admitted to the affair honestly from the beginning, this whole news would have gone away in days.”
“Bone, honestly, is not because of the Comic Con crowd.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘honestly’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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Words that start with a silent H
honor, honest, heir, herb, hors d'oeuvre, hour, homage, hola, heiress, hombre, honorific, honorable and 1 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
Favorites
ostensibly, surreptitiously, seriously, apparently, vociferous, guitar, asphalt, glee, glitter, fascinating, asynchronous, cunt and 128 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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parlerodermime's Words
loquacious, orange, lackadaisical, rhythm, esoterrorist, contrary, enchanted, extraordinary, nymph, chatter, incessant, time and 168 more...
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Words that are also songs
Totally ripped off from John.
tribute, sister, mother, pain, plowed, peaches, lump, kitty, drive, warning, duvet, clocks and 46 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 155
colonel, commander, major, escape, bide, captured, legal point, Singapore, surrender, mind you, infraction, military law and 38 more...
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Fairly Unnecessary Modifiers I Use Qu...
Honestly, it's really quite common for any given person to have a number of phrases that they toss into a sentence, whether it's necessary or not. As such, I thought that it'd be reasonable for me ...
fairly, often, as such, quite, really, unnecessarily, definitely, fantastically, way back when, truly, any given, understandably and 11 more...
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I'm scared one day I'll say it, "I do...
heartbeats, tessellate, reinvent, collarbones, entangle, frightened, wrists, furniture, variations, unnoticed, astride, motion and 80 more...
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Lovality
one's ability to love and be loved
infinite, unconditional, limitless, beyond, openly, honestly, truthfully, capability, beautifilling
Tweets
Looking for tweets for honestly.
lampbane "I believe the love you talk about with me
Is it true, do I care
Honestly, you can try to wipe the memories aside
But it's you that you erase" Aug 29, 2008