honestlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɒnᵻstli/, U.S.

/ˈɑnəstli/

Forms: Middle English honesteliche, Middle English honestelie, Middle English honestli, Middle English honestlich, Middle English honestliche, Middle English honestlyche, Middle English onestelike, Middle English onestely, Middle English onestli, Middle English onestly, Middle English–1500s honestely, Middle English– honestly, 1500s–1600s honestlie, 1500s–1600s honestlye, 1600s honesly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honest adj., -ly suffix²

Etymology: < honest adj. + -ly suffix² . Compare classical Latin honestē, Anglo-Norman and Middle French honnestement (12th cent. in Old French; French honnêtement).

1. In a dignified or respectful manner; worthily, respectably; decently, fittingly. Now rare and archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adverb]

worthlyeOE

menskful?c1225

menskly?c1225

dignelyc1315

honestly1340

menskfullya1375

worshipfullya1375

worthilyc1384

creditably1648

reputablya1689

respectably1770

smirchless1848

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Ofte hy sseaweþ and diȝteþ ham þe more quaynteliche and þe more honesteliche.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xiv. 40 Forsoth be alle thingis don honestli [a1425 L.V. onestli; L. oneste], and vp ordre in ȝou.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 782 His housyng his array as honestly To his degree was maked as a kynges.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 20 (MED) He gers þam [sc. women] be keped honestly and wirschipfully.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 289 (MED) Þaim happend to mete a fayr..damysell..he..haylsid hur honestelie.

c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 79 I will..þe forsaide londe þe forsaide church holde, as my lorde Henry Kyng of Inglond euer best and moste honestly in his lordeship helde.

1504 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 104 Yf yt be so y^t I..fall to pouerte, and may not leue honestly.

1559 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 153 To bringe my bodie honestly to the grounde.

1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 275 Friends and Neighbours should see that his body be honestly buried, and Funerals decently performed.

1709 C. Gildon Golden Spy 170 Her Parents having no Money to give her, expected no better Opportunity of disposing of her honestly.

1785 C. Macklin Man of World i. 12 She may be honestly married for aught I know.

1817 Abaddon's Steam Engine, Calumny, Delineated 182 When ministers of the sanctuary have been brought up honestly and politely in their father's houses,..what a blessing is it to the congregations among whom they labor!

1883 A. J. Scott tr. T. Griesinger Jesuits I. iv. ii. 381 Thence the parson took it [sc. a corpse], and had it honestly buried in the Hospital churchyard of St. Louis.

2004 S. Chernetsov in V. Böll et al. Studia Aethiopica 30 They buried him honestly in the grave of his father.

†2. In conformity with accepted standards of behaviour or morals; uprightly, virtuously; spec. chastely, purely. Obsolete.

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society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [adverb] > of a woman

honestlya1393

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1995 For he hath ferst his love founded Honesteliche as forto wedde.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. x. 467 [Taurus] makeþ man schamfast and þinke honestliche.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 705 Bytwene a male and his make such merþe schulde co[m]e..Ellez [= provided that] þay moȝt honestly ayþer oþer welde.

1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 78 (MED) I wil that this reward be truly doon and..fulfeld to..Henry vp-on this, that he gouerne hym goodly and onestly.

a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 1062 (MED) Þarfor es gude to..ordan vs to spek no thyng Bot honestly to godes loueyng.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 824 The married Women live honestly.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 56 Whether the Females lived honestly, 'tis not for me to dispute it.

a. With honourable conduct; without lying, cheating, or stealing; fairly; truthfully; with integrity or honest intentions. Also: sincerely, candidly.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] > fairly or equitably

evenlylOE

fairOE

egallyc1374

upright1509

equally1526

honestly1526

uprightly1549

squarely1564

square1577

candidly1646

equitably1663

fairly1676

equably1839

society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [adverb]

truec1300

truly1387

honourablyc1390

honourable?a1425

honestly1526

manfully1579

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb]

utterly?c1225

entirelya1340

faithlyc1350

without (but) feigningc1380

clearly1389

whollyc1390

unfeigninglyc1400

entirec1430

unfeigneda1469

without coloura1513

honestly1526

singly1526

unfeignedly1526

uncolourably1541

bona fide1542

frankly?1553

sincerely1560

squarely1564

uprightly1565

square1577

single-mindedly1579

undissemblinglyc1585

above board1599

fair and square1604

downright1607

downrightly1632

really1641

uncasuistly1649

honest1654

up tro1654

plain-heartedly1675

unaffectedly1677

straightforwardly1839

wholeheartedly1845

unfallaciously1852

up and down1854

single-heartedly1857

unflatteringly1874

uncynically1895

square on1963

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiii A man that hath a good craft, wherby he myght lyue honestly.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke To Rdr. sig. B^v A nomber of honest poore men, who liue (and that honestly) vpon teaching.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. ix. 110 He dealt honestlier then the Parson.

1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko iv. i. 49 If the Widow speaks honestly, faith and troth, She'll tell you what a pains-taker I am.

1735 G. Berkeley Reasons not replying to Mr. Walton's Answer §7 I can honestly say, the more he explains, the more I am puzzled.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. x. 137 The stripling is often sent..to the banks of the Ganges, there to heap up enormous riches, honestly if he can.

1814 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) II. 301 I have done my duty honestly in my correspondence with government on this subject.

1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 435 The plum-holder of the city would very honestly and frankly ‘d—n all your nonsensical sentiment!’

1885 J. P. Traherne in H. C. Pennell et al. Fishing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. i. 46 Although I can lay no claim to be the inventor of the ‘buffer knot’, I can honestly say that I had never seen or heard of it before.

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 23/2 (advt.) Nine million families use our catalogs..because they get dependable goods, honestly described and illustrated.

1950 Rotarian Jan. 25/1 Only because he had traded honestly and was judged a friend was he spared.

1989 M. Beattie Beyond Codependency iii. ix. 95 Did people in your family talk openly, honestly, and directly?

2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Oct. 39/3 Virtue theorists believe that the disposition to act and react courageously or honestly is deeply entrenched in a person's character.

b. With reference to thought, belief, or intention: genuinely, actually, really; in all seriousness.In later use frequently (esp. in negative contexts) expressing incredulity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb]

in truthc1330

in faitha1375

in good faitha1393

in casea1398

in effectc1405

indeed1412

effectually1420

actually?a1425

really?a1425

of a truth1494

bottom1531

for a truth?1532

in fact1592

authentically1593

in esse1597

de facto1602

essentially1604

in nature1605

in point of fact1628

positively1649

in point of event1650

effectively1652

honestly1675

entally1691

reely1792

objectively1796

fairlyc1804

in actual fact1824

factually1852

naturally1858

transactionally1866

'smatter of fact1922

1675 T. Wadsworth Separation yet no Schisme 62 I do not charge the Church of England with any such errors, nor had I ground, provided her Ministers did honestly believe those Articles that they have professed to believe.

1761 W. Thomson Answers for W. Thomson of Nuthill 11 The justice in this case honestly thought that he gave the full time allowed by the statute.

1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) 72 She..honestly believes that the perfection of surgical nursing may be seen practised by the old-fashioned ‘sister’ of a London hospital.

1862 D. M. Craik Mistress & Maid xxii The only face..that she was honestly glad to see..was the under-housemaid.

1923 S. Haardt Let. 19 Sept. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 95 The last time I was casually mentioned as a Professor..they honestly suspected that I had ogled and then tipped the entire reportorial staff.

1964 J. Mitchell White Father vii. 156 And you honestly expect me..to put up money for a lunatic scheme you won't even give us the details of?

1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 7. 64 Now you're not honestly suggesting that we just push off out it and leave him to spend the night on his own?

2008 A. Davies Mine All Mine 13 I honestly don't know why my uppers have been giving me so much grief about it.

4. Used parenthetically or as a sentence adverb.

a. Expressing asseveration or as part of a rhetorical question: to be honest, in all honesty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis

God (it) wot?c1225

goddot?a1289

sooth to sayc1330

truth (also sooth) to tella1375

honestly1819

honest Indian1854

truthfully1854

honest Injun1857

on the level1872

straight1874

honest1876

square dinkum1888

no kidding1901

straight-up1963

1819 London Lit. Gaz. 28 Aug. 557/2 Honestly, I am sorry to refuse you.

1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes II. v. 79 But I want to, papa. Honestly, I am restless at having been so ignominiously overcome.

1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession iii. 204 Honestly, dear Praddy, do you like seeing them together?

1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium i. 14 ‘Honestly, kid,’ said the voice, ‘I could be crazy about you, if you'd let me.’

1944 J. Joyce Stephen Hero xvii. 56 Well, honestly, isn't he a dreadful-looking artist?

1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues vii. 240 But you get the minority..who are, quite honestly, a bit dim.

2010 R. Thomas On Third Day 434 I'm fine, honestly. I'm just tired.

b. Expressing remonstration or exasperation: for heaven's sake!

ΚΠ

1927 Pop. Mech. Aug. 23/1 (advt.) Honestly you're worse than an old grandpa when it comes to dancing.

c1948 B. Scott Lambs of God i, in B. Findlay Sc. People's Theatre (2008) 214 Ach—go away. You imagine things. Honestly!

1970 ‘D. Shannon’ Unexpected Death (1971) ii. 24 Honestly! More rain. I'll be going stir-crazy..cooped up in here.

2007 Guardian 15 Oct. (Media section) 8/1 Honestly, give me strength.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	honestly
释义	honestlyadv. Brit. /ˈɒnᵻstli/, U.S. /ˈɑnəstli/ Forms: Middle English honesteliche, Middle English honestelie, Middle English honestli, Middle English honestlich, Middle English honestliche, Middle English honestlyche, Middle English onestelike, Middle English onestely, Middle English onestli, Middle English onestly, Middle English–1500s honestely, Middle English– honestly, 1500s–1600s honestlie, 1500s–1600s honestlye, 1600s honesly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honest adj., -ly suffix² Etymology: < honest adj. + -ly suffix² . Compare classical Latin honestē, Anglo-Norman and Middle French honnestement (12th cent. in Old French; French honnêtement). 1. In a dignified or respectful manner; worthily, respectably; decently, fittingly. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adverb] worthlyeOE menskful?c1225 menskly?c1225 dignelyc1315 honestly1340 menskfullya1375 worshipfullya1375 worthilyc1384 creditably1648 reputablya1689 respectably1770 smirchless1848 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Ofte hy sseaweþ and diȝteþ ham þe more quaynteliche and þe more honesteliche. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xiv. 40 Forsoth be alle thingis don honestli [a1425 L.V. onestli; L. oneste], and vp ordre in ȝou. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 782 His housyng his array as honestly To his degree was maked as a kynges. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 20 (MED) He gers þam [sc. women] be keped honestly and wirschipfully. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 289 (MED) Þaim happend to mete a fayr..damysell..he..haylsid hur honestelie. c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 79 I will..þe forsaide londe þe forsaide church holde, as my lorde Henry Kyng of Inglond euer best and moste honestly in his lordeship helde. 1504 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 104 Yf yt be so y^t I..fall to pouerte, and may not leue honestly. 1559 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 153 To bringe my bodie honestly to the grounde. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 275 Friends and Neighbours should see that his body be honestly buried, and Funerals decently performed. 1709 C. Gildon Golden Spy 170 Her Parents having no Money to give her, expected no better Opportunity of disposing of her honestly. 1785 C. Macklin Man of World i. 12 She may be honestly married for aught I know. 1817 Abaddon's Steam Engine, Calumny, Delineated 182 When ministers of the sanctuary have been brought up honestly and politely in their father's houses,..what a blessing is it to the congregations among whom they labor! 1883 A. J. Scott tr. T. Griesinger Jesuits I. iv. ii. 381 Thence the parson took it [sc. a corpse], and had it honestly buried in the Hospital churchyard of St. Louis. 2004 S. Chernetsov in V. Böll et al. Studia Aethiopica 30 They buried him honestly in the grave of his father. †2. In conformity with accepted standards of behaviour or morals; uprightly, virtuously; spec. chastely, purely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [adverb] > of a woman honestlya1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1995 For he hath ferst his love founded Honesteliche as forto wedde. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. x. 467 [Taurus] makeþ man schamfast and þinke honestliche. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 705 Bytwene a male and his make such merþe schulde co[m]e..Ellez [= provided that] þay moȝt honestly ayþer oþer welde. 1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 78 (MED) I wil that this reward be truly doon and..fulfeld to..Henry vp-on this, that he gouerne hym goodly and onestly. a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 1062 (MED) Þarfor es gude to..ordan vs to spek no thyng Bot honestly to godes loueyng. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 824 The married Women live honestly. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 56 Whether the Females lived honestly, 'tis not for me to dispute it. 3. a. With honourable conduct; without lying, cheating, or stealing; fairly; truthfully; with integrity or honest intentions. Also: sincerely, candidly. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] > fairly or equitably evenlylOE fairOE egallyc1374 upright1509 equally1526 honestly1526 uprightly1549 squarely1564 square1577 candidly1646 equitably1663 fairly1676 equably1839 society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [adverb] truec1300 truly1387 honourablyc1390 honourable?a1425 honestly1526 manfully1579 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] utterly?c1225 entirelya1340 faithlyc1350 without (but) feigningc1380 clearly1389 whollyc1390 unfeigninglyc1400 entirec1430 unfeigneda1469 without coloura1513 honestly1526 singly1526 unfeignedly1526 uncolourably1541 bona fide1542 frankly?1553 sincerely1560 squarely1564 uprightly1565 square1577 single-mindedly1579 undissemblinglyc1585 above board1599 fair and square1604 downright1607 downrightly1632 really1641 uncasuistly1649 honest1654 up tro1654 plain-heartedly1675 unaffectedly1677 straightforwardly1839 wholeheartedly1845 unfallaciously1852 up and down1854 single-heartedly1857 unflatteringly1874 uncynically1895 square on1963 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiii A man that hath a good craft, wherby he myght lyue honestly. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke To Rdr. sig. B^v A nomber of honest poore men, who liue (and that honestly) vpon teaching. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. ix. 110 He dealt honestlier then the Parson. 1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko iv. i. 49 If the Widow speaks honestly, faith and troth, She'll tell you what a pains-taker I am. 1735 G. Berkeley Reasons not replying to Mr. Walton's Answer §7 I can honestly say, the more he explains, the more I am puzzled. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. x. 137 The stripling is often sent..to the banks of the Ganges, there to heap up enormous riches, honestly if he can. 1814 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) II. 301 I have done my duty honestly in my correspondence with government on this subject. 1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 435 The plum-holder of the city would very honestly and frankly ‘d—n all your nonsensical sentiment!’ 1885 J. P. Traherne in H. C. Pennell et al. Fishing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. i. 46 Although I can lay no claim to be the inventor of the ‘buffer knot’, I can honestly say that I had never seen or heard of it before. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 23/2 (advt.) Nine million families use our catalogs..because they get dependable goods, honestly described and illustrated. 1950 Rotarian Jan. 25/1 Only because he had traded honestly and was judged a friend was he spared. 1989 M. Beattie Beyond Codependency iii. ix. 95 Did people in your family talk openly, honestly, and directly? 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Oct. 39/3 Virtue theorists believe that the disposition to act and react courageously or honestly is deeply entrenched in a person's character. b. With reference to thought, belief, or intention: genuinely, actually, really; in all seriousness.In later use frequently (esp. in negative contexts) expressing incredulity. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] in truthc1330 in faitha1375 in good faitha1393 in casea1398 in effectc1405 indeed1412 effectually1420 actually?a1425 really?a1425 of a truth1494 bottom1531 for a truth?1532 in fact1592 authentically1593 in esse1597 de facto1602 essentially1604 in nature1605 in point of fact1628 positively1649 in point of event1650 effectively1652 honestly1675 entally1691 reely1792 objectively1796 fairlyc1804 in actual fact1824 factually1852 naturally1858 transactionally1866 'smatter of fact1922 1675 T. Wadsworth Separation yet no Schisme 62 I do not charge the Church of England with any such errors, nor had I ground, provided her Ministers did honestly believe those Articles that they have professed to believe. 1761 W. Thomson Answers for W. Thomson of Nuthill 11 The justice in this case honestly thought that he gave the full time allowed by the statute. 1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) 72 She..honestly believes that the perfection of surgical nursing may be seen practised by the old-fashioned ‘sister’ of a London hospital. 1862 D. M. Craik Mistress & Maid xxii The only face..that she was honestly glad to see..was the under-housemaid. 1923 S. Haardt Let. 19 Sept. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 95 The last time I was casually mentioned as a Professor..they honestly suspected that I had ogled and then tipped the entire reportorial staff. 1964 J. Mitchell White Father vii. 156 And you honestly expect me..to put up money for a lunatic scheme you won't even give us the details of? 1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 7. 64 Now you're not honestly suggesting that we just push off out it and leave him to spend the night on his own? 2008 A. Davies Mine All Mine 13 I honestly don't know why my uppers have been giving me so much grief about it. 4. Used parenthetically or as a sentence adverb. a. Expressing asseveration or as part of a rhetorical question: to be honest, in all honesty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 1819 London Lit. Gaz. 28 Aug. 557/2 Honestly, I am sorry to refuse you. 1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes II. v. 79 But I want to, papa. Honestly, I am restless at having been so ignominiously overcome. 1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession iii. 204 Honestly, dear Praddy, do you like seeing them together? 1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium i. 14 ‘Honestly, kid,’ said the voice, ‘I could be crazy about you, if you'd let me.’ 1944 J. Joyce Stephen Hero xvii. 56 Well, honestly, isn't he a dreadful-looking artist? 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues vii. 240 But you get the minority..who are, quite honestly, a bit dim. 2010 R. Thomas On Third Day 434 I'm fine, honestly. I'm just tired. b. Expressing remonstration or exasperation: for heaven's sake! ΚΠ 1927 Pop. Mech. Aug. 23/1 (advt.) Honestly you're worse than an old grandpa when it comes to dancing. c1948 B. Scott Lambs of God i, in B. Findlay Sc. People's Theatre (2008) 214 Ach—go away. You imagine things. Honestly! 1970 ‘D. Shannon’ Unexpected Death (1971) ii. 24 Honestly! More rain. I'll be going stir-crazy..cooped up in here. 2007 Guardian 15 Oct. (Media section) 8/1 Honestly, give me strength. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1340
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