honestly

Definition

In an honest manner.

Etymology

From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "He answered the questions honestly."
• "You honestly quit your tools; quit a most muddy confused coil of sore work, short rations, of sorrows, dispiritments and contradictions, having now honestly done with it all; — and await, not entirely in a distracted manner, what the Supreme Powers, and the Silences and the Eternities may have to say to you."
• "I can't honestly say that I feel any elatement at the prospect."

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