honestly

Questions about honestly

What does honestly mean?

honestly means "(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in honestly?

honestly has 3 syllables: ho-nest-ly. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈɑnəstli/.

What is another word for honestly?

Close synonyms include candidly, frankly, aboveboard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of honestly?

The recorded antonyms are dishonestly.

Is honestly a common word?

honestly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.