"honest to goodness" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} honest to goodness (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of honest-to-goodness Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: honest-to-goodness
    Sense id: en-honest_to_goodness-en-adj-Ji~-Aj58

Adverb

Forms: more honest to goodness [comparative], most honest to goodness [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} honest to goodness (comparative more honest to goodness, superlative most honest to goodness)
  1. Honest; truly, really; used to emphasize that a statement is true.
    Sense id: en-honest_to_goodness-en-adv-pU-pQMjQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88

Alternative forms

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