How to Use honestly in a Sentence

honestly

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• The bank has always dealt honestly with me.
• He spoke honestly about the mistakes he had made.
• She honestly believes that she has been mistreated.
• I can honestly say that I have never seen that man before today.
• Officials counted the votes honestly.
• Which, honestly, was kind of the top of the mountain for me.
  — Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
• The first to honestly tell me to get rid of my mustache in 1999!
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• The kitchen could honestly halve the menu without losing the soul of its premise.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• The first step is honestly just caring enough to try, and to try some things that might be risky.
  — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
• And honestly, what was the worst thing that could happen?
  — Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
• The first day of skiing is a lot of falling down and, honestly, so is day two.
  — S. Bear Bergman, SELF, 22 Jan. 2024
• One wrong move, or honestly even a Chiefs loss, could lead to a swift (LOL) turning of tides.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• Just how many would use it, though, who honestly knows?
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2023
• But honestly, what the court does now is anyone’s guess.
  — Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
• The sunscreen companies have honestly just about had it with the FDA by now.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• But honestly, it’s been amazing to walk around and see people in pink.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• But honestly, Steven has given me so much — not one movie, but two movies.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
• But, honestly, there’s a much greater chance that Minasian wakes up to a nightmare.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• Lux is an actor and a trans activist, and honestly, glam as heeeeeck.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2024
• The area where the rocks meet the water looks fake and stretched, but honestly, the whole country looks too beautiful to be real.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 23 May 2023
• The focal point is always going to be the bar and the girls, but honestly this is my favorite-looking of our bars.
  — Jay Betsill, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• And the whale shark is a docile scoop feeder, honestly closer to a baleen whale than our mental image of a scary shark.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
• There are five episodes to save the season (or not, honestly, depending on how the writers choose to play it out).
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
• And honestly, Kendall Jenner is not a woman who's afraid to show some cheek for a photo shoot.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2023
• It’s been fun to watch man, honestly, like, watch every night with my son with Lincoln.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 10 June 2023
• The bad news is the Mavs came by their incompetence honestly.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
• Or, honestly, bring back the red carpet at this point and not this ’90s playroom design.
  — Your Dentist, Vulture, 1 May 2023
• That is clear to many people — not only on the right but on the left — and we, as Americans, honestly should be concerned.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2023
• The main difference here is the app being used, and honestly, is that really such a bad thing?
  — Chris Person, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
• And honestly, if there was a tagline for what being a solid godparent is—that would be it.
  — Shellie R. Warren, Parents, 19 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 May 2024