honestly

English

Etymology

honest +‎ -ly

Adverb

honestly (comparative more honestly, superlative most honestly)

(manner) In an honest manner.
He answered the questions honestly.
(speech act) Frankly, to be honest.
Honestly, I didn't believe a word she said.

Synonyms

(honest manner): candidly, sincerely, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:honestly
(frankly): as a matter of fact, in point of fact, in truth; see also Thesaurus:actually

Translations

in an honest manner

Belarusian: чэ́сна (čésna)
Bulgarian: честно (bg) (čestno)
Catalan: honestament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 正直地 (zh) (zhèngzhí de)
Czech: čestně, upřímně
Esperanto: honeste
Finnish: rehellisesti (fi)
French: honnêtement (fr), franchement (fr)
German: ehrlich (de)
Italian: onestamente (it)

Japanese: 正直に (ja) (しょうじきに, shōjiki ni)
Ngazidja Comorian: ha namna ya nyongoha
Norman: honnêtement
Polish: uczciwie (pl)
Portuguese: honestamente (pt)
Russian: че́стно (ru) (čéstno)
Serbo-Croatian: iskreno (sh)
Spanish: honestamente (es), francamente (es)
Swedish: uppriktig (sv), sanningsenlig (sv)
Volapük: snatiko, snato, stedäliko, stedälo (vo)

(speech act) frankly

Bulgarian: искрено (bg) (iskreno)

Swedish: ärligt talat

Interjection

honestly

Used to express exasperation, dismay, etc.
Honestly! I want to finish this work and you keep interrupting.

Synonyms

really

Translations

used to express exasperation or dismay

Bulgarian: наистина? (bg) (naistina?)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 真係, 真系 (zan¹ hai⁶)

Mandarin: 真是 (zhēnshi)

Japanese: まったく (ja) (mattaku)

Anagrams

on the sly

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