"honestly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɑnɪstli/ [General-American], /ˈɒnɪstli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honestly.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-honestly.wav [US] Forms: more honestly [comparative], most honestly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|honestly}} Middle English honestly, {{m|enm|honestlyche}} honestlyche, {{m|enm|honestliche}} honestliche, {{suf|en|honest|ly|id2=adverbial}} honest + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} honestly (comparative more honestly, superlative most honestly)
  1. (manner) In an honest manner. Synonyms (honest manner): candidly Translations (in an honest manner): ազնվորեն (aznvoren) (Armenian), чэ́сна (čésna) (Belarusian), шчы́ра (ščýra) (Belarusian), че́стно (čéstno) (Bulgarian), и́скрено (ískreno) (Bulgarian), honestament (Catalan), 正直地 (zhèngzhí de) (Chinese Mandarin), čestně (Czech), upřímně (Czech), honeste (Esperanto), rehellisesti (Finnish), honnêtement (French), franchement (French), ehrlich (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 (gafēhaba) (Gothic), őszintén (Hungarian), becsületesen (Hungarian), onestamente (Italian), 正直に (shōjiki ni) (alt: しょうじきに) (Japanese), 솔직히 (soljikhi) (Korean), искрено (iskreno) (Macedonian), ha namna ya nyongoha (Ngazidja Comorian), honnêtement (Norman), helt ærlig (Norwegian Bokmål), uczciwie (Polish), szczerze (Polish), honestamente (Portuguese), че́стно (čéstno) (Russian), и́скренне (ískrenne) (Russian), и̏скрено [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉskreno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), čestne (Slovak), úprimne (Slovak), honestamente (Spanish), francamente (Spanish), uppriktig (Swedish), sanningsenlig (Swedish), че́сно (čésno) (Ukrainian), щи́ро (ščýro) (Ukrainian), snatiko (Volapük), snato (Volapük), stedäliko (Volapük), stedälo (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-honestly-en-adv-5S~XXb0Q Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'honest manner': 61 39 Disambiguation of 'in an honest manner': 78 22
  2. Frankly, to be honest. Synonyms (frankly): as a matter of fact Translations ((speech act) frankly): и́скрено (ískreno) (Bulgarian), honestament (Catalan), per ser honest (Catalan), pour estre honneste (French), honnestement (French), franchement (French), őszintén szólva (Hungarian), per essere onesto (Italian), onestamente (Italian), 正直に言うと (shōjiki ni iu to) (Japanese), helt ærlig (Norwegian Bokmål), ærlig talt (Norwegian Bokmål), para ser honesto (Portuguese), honestamente (Portuguese), и́скренне (ískrenne) (Russian), para ser honesto (Spanish), honestamente (Spanish), si me apuras (Spanish), ärligt talat (Swedish), wir i ti (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-honestly-en-adv-p7VWUwjo Disambiguation of 'frankly': 14 86 Disambiguation of '(speech act) frankly': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: accurately, dependably, ethically, honorably, reliably, responsibly, righteously, scrupulously, actually, honest

Interjection

IPA: /ˈɑnɪstli/ [General-American], /ˈɒnɪstli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honestly.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-honestly.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|honestly}} Middle English honestly, {{m|enm|honestlyche}} honestlyche, {{m|enm|honestliche}} honestliche, {{suf|en|honest|ly|id2=adverbial}} honest + -ly Head templates: {{en-interj}} honestly
  1. Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc. Synonyms: really Translations (used to express exasperation or dismay): наистина? (naistina?) (Bulgarian), 真係 (Chinese Cantonese), 真系 (zan¹ hai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 真是 (zhēnshi) (Chinese Mandarin), まったく (mattaku) (Japanese), ærlig talt (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-honestly-en-intj-Es2XVaiL

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for honestly meaning in English (14.4kB)

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          "word": "uppriktig"
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          "word": "sanningsenlig"
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          "roman": "čésno",
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          "roman": "ščýro",
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          "word": "щи́ро"
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          "sense": "in an honest manner",
          "word": "snato"
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          "word": "stedäliko"
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          "word": "stedälo"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(speech act) frankly",
          "word": "honnestement"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "(speech act) frankly",
          "word": "őszintén szólva"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "onestamente"
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      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰"
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        "2": "honestlyche"
      },
      "expansion": "honestlyche",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "honestliche"
      },
      "expansion": "honestliche",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "honest",
        "3": "ly",
        "id2": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "honest + -ly",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English honestly, honestlyche, honestliche, equivalent to honest + -ly.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "honestly",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "hon‧est‧ly"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Honestly! I want to finish this work and you keep interrupting."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exasperation",
          "exasperation#English"
        ],
        [
          "dismay",
          "dismay#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑnɪstli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒnɪstli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honestly.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-honestly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-honestly.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-honestly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-honestly.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-honestly.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-honestly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-honestly.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-honestly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-honestly.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "really"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naistina?",
      "sense": "used to express exasperation or dismay",
      "word": "наистина?"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "used to express exasperation or dismay",
      "word": "真係"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zan¹ hai⁶",
      "sense": "used to express exasperation or dismay",
      "word": "真系"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnshi",
      "sense": "used to express exasperation or dismay",
      "word": "真是"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mattaku",
      "sense": "used to express exasperation or dismay",
      "word": "まったく"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "used to express exasperation or dismay",
      "word": "ærlig talt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "honestly"
}

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