honestly
/ˈɑ.nɪst.li/ adverb B1- In an honest manner. · He answered the questions honestly.
- Frankly, to be honest.
- Expresses mild surprise or hesitation about one's own conclusion.
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I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.”
I don’t think I’d ever really believed until then that there was honestly going to be a picnic.
Down that ipecac went, not only once, but many times during the long, anxious night when the two little girls worked patiently over the suffering Minnie May, and Young Mary Joe, honestly anxious to do all she could, kept up a roaring fire and heated more water than would have been needed for a hospital of croupy babies.
“Promote fiddlesticks!” said Marilla, who honestly thought it was all nonsense.
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