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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
honest-to-goodness is an adjective meaning "(used informally especially for emphasis) real or genuine". It carries one recorded sense.
(used informally especially for emphasis) real or genuine
“a real honest-to-god live cowboy”
“went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel”
colloquialism
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for honest-to-goodness come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.