honestly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɪstli/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒnɪstli/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: hon‧est‧ly
Audio (US) (file)

Adverb

honestly (comparative more honestly, superlative most honestly)

(manner) In an honest manner.
He answered the questions honestly.
Frankly, to be honest.
Honestly, I didn't believe a word she said.

Synonyms

(honest manner): candidly, sincerely, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:honestly
(frankly): as a matter of fact, in all honesty, in point of fact, in truth; see also Thesaurus:actually

Translations

in an honest manner

Armenian: ազնվորեն (hy) (aznvoren)
Belarusian: чэ́сна (čésna), шчы́ра (ščýra)
Bulgarian: че́стно (bg) (čéstno), и́скрено (bg) (ískreno)
Catalan: honestament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 正直地 (zh) (zhèngzhí de)
Czech: čestně, upřímně (cs)
Esperanto: honeste
Finnish: rehellisesti (fi)
French: honnêtement (fr), franchement (fr)
German: ehrlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 (gafēhaba)
Hungarian: őszintén (hu), becsületesen (hu)
Italian: onestamente (it)
Japanese: 正直に (ja) (しょうじきに, shōjiki ni)
Korean: 솔직히 (ko) (soljikhi)
Macedonian: искрено (iskreno)
Ngazidja Comorian: ha namna ya nyongoha
Norman: honnêtement
Norwegian:
Bokmål: helt ærlig
Polish: uczciwie (pl), szczerze (pl)
Portuguese: honestamente (pt)
Russian: че́стно (ru) (čéstno), и́скренне (ru) (ískrenne)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏скрено

Roman: ȉskreno (sh)
Slovak: čestne, úprimne
Spanish: honestamente (es), francamente (es)
Swedish: uppriktig (sv), sanningsenlig (sv)
Ukrainian: че́сно (čésno), щи́ро (ščýro)
Volapük: snatiko, snato, stedäliko, stedälo (vo)

(speech act) frankly

Bulgarian: и́скрено (bg) (ískreno)
Catalan: honestament (ca), per ser honest
French: pour estre honneste, honnestement (fr), franchement (fr)
Hungarian: őszintén szólva (hu)
Italian: per essere onesto, onestamente (it)
Japanese: 正直に言うと (shōjiki ni iu to)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: helt ærlig, ærlig talt
Portuguese: para ser honesto, honestamente (pt)
Russian: и́скренне (ru) (ískrenne)
Spanish: para ser honesto, honestamente (es), si me apuras
Swedish: ärligt talat
Welsh: wir i ti

Interjection

honestly

Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc.
Honestly! I want to finish this work and you keep interrupting.

Synonyms

really

Translations

used to express exasperation or dismay

Bulgarian: наистина? (bg) (naistina?)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 真係／真系 (zan¹ hai⁶)

Mandarin: 真是 (zh) (zhēnshi)
Japanese: まったく (ja) (mattaku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ærlig talt

Anagrams

on the sly

Middle English

Alternative forms

honesteliche, honestelie, honestely, honestli, honestliche, honestlyche, onestelike, onestely, onestli, onestly

Etymology

From honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”) +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔnɛst(ə)liː/, /ˈɔnɛst(ə)lit͡ʃ(ə)/

Adverb

honestly

Descendants

English: honestly

References

“honestlī(che, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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