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pour être honnête — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • honestly adv In a truthful, sincere manner.

Senses

pour être honnête is used for these senses in English:

  • honestly (sentence adverb) Frankly, to be honest.
  • tell the truth (idiomatic, informal) Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth".
  • to be honest (idiomatic, sentence adverb) Frankly, honestly.
  • truth be told (idiomatic) Used when admitting something one might otherwise lie about, e.g. to keep up appearances or be polite.

honestly — full definition

  1. adv In a truthful, sincere manner.
  2. adv Used to emphasize that you really mean what you're saying.
  3. intj Used to express frustration or disbelief.

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