as in frankly
to tell the truth
honestly, I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about
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Recent Examples of honestly
Then, cue the tears—Drew gets emotional about being separated from Ralph, but honestly… why add more stress by getting tangled up in this Dennis situation?
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
Her favorite color is teal, which is honestly an insane favorite color choice.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
And, honestly, that’s been the case from the start.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
But honestly, these are minor concerns, not major ones.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
Her favorite color is teal, which is honestly an insane favorite color choice.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
And, honestly, that’s been the case from the start.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
But honestly, these are minor concerns, not major ones.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for honestly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honestly
Adverb
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Considering how many concerts occur at basketball arenas all over the world, the fact that this happened at all is frankly quite disturbed-ing.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Ibsen was exploding bourgeois hypocrisy by cramming his plot with taboos, then asserting that the greatest sin was the propriety that kept people from speaking frankly and living freely.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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For example, the algorithms behind the social media app are usually designed to keep you on the app longer, not to show you things that actually matter to you intellectually.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Lao Cha, a janitor, finds companionship in a stray cat and befriends a woman named Li in a virtual world, only to discover that Li is actually a 10-year-old boy.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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But combining data across domains with different standards is really tricky.—
Bradley Wade Bishop,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Will Congress and the American people really stand by and let this happen?—
Michael Eric Siegel,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Confirming the fan speculation, reputable sources, including Fightful, have reported that Fenix's AEW contract has indeed been terminated.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Mat is indeed reunited with Rand briefly in Cairhien, but Min confesses to him about her visions of the future, in which Mat is destined to stab Rand with the Shadar Logoth dagger, so Mat ghosts Rand and leaves him to go to Falme without him.—
Leigh Butler,
TIME,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Honestly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honestly. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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