"honest-to-goodness" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more honest-to-goodness [comparative], most honest-to-goodness [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} honest-to-goodness (comparative more honest-to-goodness, superlative most honest-to-goodness)
  1. (attributive only) Real; genuine. Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-honest-to-goodness-en-adj-Bz4ScRnv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39

Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} honest-to-goodness (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of honest to goodness Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: honest to goodness Related terms: real McCoy
    Sense id: en-honest-to-goodness-en-adv-MdYLjbqW

Alternative forms

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