honestly
adv/ˈɒn.ɪst.li/UK/ˈɑ.nɪst.li/US/ˈɒn.ɪst.li/CA
Etymology
From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly.
- inherited from honestly
Definitions
In an honest manner.
- He answered the questions honestly.
- I can't honestly say that I feel any elatement at the prospect.
Frankly, to be honest.
- Honestly, I didn't believe a word she said.
- Under a popular Instagram post rounding up some of the most amusing memes generated from her BAFTAs performance, the actress commented on Monday, “Honestly I love this.”
Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc.
- Honestly! I want to finish this work and you keep interrupting.
The neighborhood
- synonymcandidly
- synonymoutright
- synonymearnestly
- synonymfor real
- synonymfor realsies
- synonymforthcomingly
- synonymfrankly
- synonymgenuinely
- synonymhonestly
- synonymlegitimately
- synonymno cap
- synonymopenly
- antonymfalsely
- neighboraccurately
- neighbordependably
- neighborethically
- neighborhonorably
- neighborreliably
- neighborresponsibly
- neighborrighteously
- neighborscrupulously
- neighboractually
- neighborhonest
- neighborvirtuously
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at honestly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at honestly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at honestly
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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