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honestly

 : 
Interjection, Adverb
 : 
hon=est=ly

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial honestly has 2 senses

  • honestly(r = adv.all) candidly, frankly - (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"
  • honestly(r = adv.all) aboveboard - in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"
  • Antonym: dishonestly

CIDE DICTIONARY

honestlyadv. 
  •  Honorably; becomingly; decently.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
  •  In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

honestly, adv.
1 in an honest way.
2 really (I don't honestly know; honestly, the cheek of it!).

THESAURUS

honestly

authentically, blamelessly, bluntly, candidly, conscientiously, creditably, decently, dependably, disinterestedly, equitably, erectly, ethically, fairly, fastidiously, frankly, genuinely, high-mindedly, honorably, immaculately, impartially, in good faith, in plain English, in plain words, ingenuously, irreproachably, justly, legitimately, meticulously, morally, naturally, nobly, objectively, openly, plainly, punctiliously, purely, really, reliably, reputably, righteously, scrupulously, simply, sincerely, stainlessly, straightforwardly, truly, truthfully, unaffectedly, unambiguously, unassumedly, unequivocally, unimpeachably, unreservedly, unspottedly, uprightly, upstandingly, veridically, virtuously, warts and all, worthily
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