How to Use honestly in a Sentence
honestly
adverb- 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.
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Which, honestly, was kind of the top of the mountain for me.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
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So honestly, don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 May 2024
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The first to honestly tell me to get rid of my mustache in 1999!
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
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The Celtics let the Heat hang around too long, honestly.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022
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And honestly, for a lot of people, that's the truth too.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 28 May 2022
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The kitchen could honestly halve the menu without losing the soul of its premise.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
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So, watching back, honestly, that’s just the way the word came out of my mouth!
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2022
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Sandy, Utah, comes by its name honestly, and that means soil with a lot of sand.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2021
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And, honestly, that’s not even the weirdest part of the trailer.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Feb. 2022
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And that honestly, that’s the big challenge and the big thing for all of the characters in our show.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2022
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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
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And honestly, what was the worst thing that could happen?
—Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
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Julia Fox wore a bra as a top (again) and honestly, keep the hits coming.we’re here for it.
—Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2022
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But honestly, the rest of the meeting is boring and feels like filler.
—Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2021
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And quite honestly, some of them just run out of things to say, and then at the end of the day share a cigarette.
—Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2021
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And honestly, who among us won’t be thrilled if Cruise triumphs in life as in the movies?
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
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And right now, quite honestly, is the worst it's ever been.
—Julia Callahan, CNN, 16 June 2022
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The things that came out of my mouth are honestly just appalling.
—Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2022
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But this is kind of a big moment in life for me, honestly.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
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The sky’s the limit for him, honestly, because his mind [is] set to it.
—Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
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This is so funny — honestly, the first thing that comes to mind is low jeans.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
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The first day of skiing is a lot of falling down and, honestly, so is day two.
—S. Bear Bergman, SELF, 22 Jan. 2024
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And honestly, that probably points to the two of them not heading to the Met Gala.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 May 2025
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The process of making the film has honestly bonded us for life.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2022
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The bridge [took] a few takes, but honestly, the song itself happened quite fast – all the mixing and that.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2025
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