Thesaurus results for HONESTLY

honestly

adverb

ˈä-nəst-lē

Definition of honestly

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 This look features a deep red wine shade that’s perfect for fall and winter but honestly looks gorgeous any time of year. — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 19 July 2026 If your kitchen could use a little refresh (and honestly, whose couldn’t) Amazon just gave you 15 great reasons to go ahead. — Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 16 July 2026 But when certainty is the one thing nobody can honestly offer, certainty gets invented. — Katrine Wallace, STAT, 15 July 2026 Since my job needs me on social media so much, this was honestly the most useful part. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for honestly

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But frankly, those kinds of invitations are never all that special.

— Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
And that has largely been shown to be well, frankly not true.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of frankly

Adverb

Cat Cohen would love to be special, just not too special — a protagonist but not someone who actually experiences too much drama.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026
That comes as a big surprise to those of us who know the system and have actually fought Medicaid fraud.

— Dean Lerner, Washington Post, 28 July 2026

Definition of actually

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But the one person who really set the whole endeavour in motion was Lenain’s beloved uncle Farid, a gay and HIV-positive man who passed away in 2013.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
If diversification were really the primary reason to own private equity, more capital would already be there for that reason alone.

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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