honestly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
honestly, I don't believe it
Related & opposite
- frank derived from
- honest derived from
- intensifier domain usage
Sense 2 adverb
in an honest manner
in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it
Related & opposite
- dishonestly antonym
- honest derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | frank |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | honest |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | intensifier |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dishonestly |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | honest |