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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "honestly"
},
"expansion": "Middle English honestly",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "honest",
"3": "-ly",
"id2": "adverbial"
},
"expansion": "honest + -ly",
"name": "af"
}
],
"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": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Honestly! I want to finish this work and you keep interrupting.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"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"
]
},
{
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"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",
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},
{
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"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",
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}
],
"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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