as in honestly
to tell the truth
truthfully, I'd rather go to the amusement park than to the museum, but I'll go along with the rest of the group
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Recent Examples of truthfully
Arguments can be made that NIL has put the final nail in the coffin to eliminate amateurism in college sports, but truthfully, amateurism in college sports died some time ago as the NCAA, institutions and media profited off the athletes.
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Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Dazed and Confused is the vehicle that launched Matthew McConaughey’s career, but truthfully, his performance would have been lost without the movie’s strong, mostly undiscovered ensemble.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
The Trinidadian writer Harold Sonny Ladoo’s novel Yesterdays is relentlessly rude and crude, but also bold, experimental, truthfully ugly, and unforgettable.
—Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
Nobody’s perfect, but truthfully, that’s what’s kept us together.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
And truthfully, the heifertarian part is increasingly rare.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
And truthfully, that may be something of an understatement.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The biggest challenge, 100% truthfully, would be just tracking down Jelly Roll.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Durbin made his comments before Bondi took her oath to testify truthfully before the Judiciary Committee and delivered her own testimony.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Dazed and Confused is the vehicle that launched Matthew McConaughey’s career, but truthfully, his performance would have been lost without the movie’s strong, mostly undiscovered ensemble.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
The Trinidadian writer Harold Sonny Ladoo’s novel Yesterdays is relentlessly rude and crude, but also bold, experimental, truthfully ugly, and unforgettable.
—Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
Nobody’s perfect, but truthfully, that’s what’s kept us together.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
And truthfully, the heifertarian part is increasingly rare.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
And truthfully, that may be something of an understatement.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The biggest challenge, 100% truthfully, would be just tracking down Jelly Roll.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Durbin made his comments before Bondi took her oath to testify truthfully before the Judiciary Committee and delivered her own testimony.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truthfully
Adverb
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And honestly, what could be more feeble?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Taking care of yourself from the inside out is honestly the secret.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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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The center is also home to Space Camp, which inspired the 1986 movie of the same name—it was actually filmed on-site.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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In fact, using vinegar and detergent simultaneously can actually decrease the effectiveness of the detergent’s stain-fighting power by breaking down the enzymes responsible for the job.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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
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“Truthfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truthfully. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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