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
Everyone was incredibly isolated and all the volunteers were wearing hazmat suits, like straight outta the ET movie, that Olympics was honestly really hard.
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Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026
Although puzzled, Aisha answered honestly.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
And, quite honestly, the new head coach will also have a lot of input into that as well.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Well, honestly, Netflix was who wanted it.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
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Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026
Although puzzled, Aisha answered honestly.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
And, quite honestly, the new head coach will also have a lot of input into that as well.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Well, honestly, Netflix was who wanted it.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for honestly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honestly
Adverb
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There is absolutely no evidence that frauds of this type or anywhere near this scale are happening in any of the other four states, or frankly that there is a large volume of as-yet-undiscovered fraud in Minnesota itself.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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All of that there is ripe for decades, frankly, of investigative journalism that’s happening from from our colleagues in the local media in Los Angeles.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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There are actually a few bird feeders set up outside so the birds at Ernie Miller can see them through windows or through their enclosures.—
Beth Lipoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Jan. 2026
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Imagine that happens in policy to actually affect everyday people.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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So there's really no choice but for the four major conference commissioners to compile a set of rules and guidelines that make at least a marginal bit of sense.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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So getting through that year was really difficult.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Peterson, who did indeed return to the court, was hacked on an off-balance 3 with one second to play.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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The island of Petite Martinique is indeed petite, at less than 600 acres and with about 900 residents.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Honestly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honestly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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