Honestly

Examples

• When he was speaking of it in that way, I honestly said that _the_ _world_ I could give upparties, balls, playsfor I had no fear of retirement. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I can honestly say it--in mercy to HER, I turned away without a word, and opened the door by which I had entered the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• No, it's mine honestly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Surely, he said, she might have brought herself to communicate with me before now, and confess honestly what Wildeve was to her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He was, I honestly believe, one of the greatest blackguards that ever lived. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But honestly now, do not you rather expect it than otherwise? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• You must be satisfied with such admiration as I can honestly give. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Honest diseases they honestly cured; and if a man was wounded, they applied the proper remedies, and then let him eat and drink what he liked. Plato. The Republic.
• You'll find your old bed, Colonel, and everything comfortable, that gentleman said, as I may honestly say. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Money is a great help everywhere;--can't have too much, if you get it honestly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I can't assert that I am not disappointed at the result--but I can honestly say that I am not surprised by it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Elizabeth honestly and heartily expressed her delight in the prospect of their relationship. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It was one of the irons I began to heat immediately, and one of the irons I kept hot, and hammered at, with a perseverance I may honestly admire. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They were quiet people, and they had paid their way honestly up to the present time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I know them to have been as honestly under my delusion as I myself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I hate to claim to mean well, but I really did mean honestly and simply well, and I want you to know it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Do you think Henry will claim the necklace as mine, and fancy you did not come honestly by it? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• There must be good in you, Ginevra, to speak so honestly; that snake, Zélie St. Pierre, could not utter what you have uttered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I believe that what I have written and may still write about pictures will give them pain, and I am honestly sorry for it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Do you want to know what I honestly think of you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• So quietly and honestly she said it, with her hands upon his shoulders--both hands now--and looking up into his face, like the picture of truth! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Your great comfort and mine in this war is, that we honestly and faithfully did everything in our power to prevent it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I honestly hope it is, to others, but certainly it is not to me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Is that honestly said? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Sincerely, honestly, indeed, Mr. Spenlow, I never thought so, before. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I do not require you to adopt all my suspicions, though you make so noble a profession of doing it, but I honestly tell you what they are. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A year ago I should have been of use to you, and now I should be an encumbrance; and I like you for telling me so quite honestly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It is right to look our life-accounts bravely in the face now and then, and settle them honestly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Whether I can honestly make use of you as a friend, or must close with you as a lover--that is what I must ask myself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They all call it a river, and they honestly think it is a river, do these dark and bloody Florentines. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Editor: Manuel