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Traditional English :: honest
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honest - adj. & adv. --adj. 1 fair and just in character or behaviour, not cheating or stealing.
2 free of deceit and untruthfulness, sincere.
3 fairly earned (an honest living).
4 (of an act or feeling) showing fairness.
5 (with patronizing effect) blameless but undistinguished (cf. WORTHY).
6 (of a thing) unadulterated, unsophisticated. --adv. colloq. genuinely, really. earn (or turn) an honest penny earn money fairly. honest broker a mediator in international, industrial, etc., disputes (orig. of Bismarck). honest Injun colloq. genuinely, really. honest-to-God (or -goodness) colloq. adj. genuine, real. --adv. genuinely, really. make an honest woman of colloq. marry (esp. a pregnant woman). [ME f. OF (h)oneste f. L honestus f. honos HONOUR] |
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Most Often Usage
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honest professional approach
honest canuck sales
the honest courtesan
mound dictation pie inhabitant honest
honest dishonest
honest to goodness
being honest
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honest john
our honest thank
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al sharpton honest
bunny honest
almost honest
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