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honestly

[on-ist-lee] / ˈɒn ɪst li /
ADVERB
in an honest manner
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ADVERB
really
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Your husband sounds like a stand-up guy and, honestly, plenty of people in your position would move on and leave the stepchildren zero in their will.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I honestly don't know what those two countries think they can achieve with this," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

As Fielder later confides to Seyfried, “Either this is fully sincere and she actually has no clue about the deal Billy made, or she honestly might be the most manipulative person that’s ever lived.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

An expert said she had seen an increase in search traffic for fitness addiction in recent months as society talks more honestly about these behaviours.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But honestly, it didn’t even occur to me that Julia would care that Isabella and I are hanging out without her.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée


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