3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Honestly \Hon"est*ly\, adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: honestly adv 1: (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" [syn: {candidly}, {frankly}] 2: in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything" [syn: {aboveboard}] [ant: {dishonestly}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 60 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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