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单词 to be honest
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to be honest
P2. to be honest: used as sentence adverbial to convey one's willingness to be candid or truthful: speaking frankly. In recent use frequently as an emphasizer. Frequently with modifying adverb as to be quite honest, to be perfectly honest, etc.
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1743 [see sense A. 4e].
1750 L. Briant Some Friendly Remarks Serm. preach'd Braintree 25 And then again (to be honest with you) I confess I have not sometimes been without my Doubts whether or no the Language in which Calvin wrote might not a little startle you.
1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 6 Inkhorn words, to be honest, we knaw lile abaut.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House li. 488 Sir,..to be honest with you (honesty being my golden rule, whether I gain by it or lose, and I find that I generally lose), money is the word.
1874 Harper's Mag. Nov. 852/1 Besides, to be quite honest, I was afraid the marchese, who was as lithe and agile as a tiger, would be more likely to kill Sebastiano.
1894 H. R. Chamberlain 6000 Tons of Gold xiii. 286 To be absolutely honest, I cannot plead complete ignorance of the dangers which I risked.
1942 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 Apr. 10/1 To be honest, I will admit that I am headstrong and do not like to be bossed.
1999 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 14 May 17 To be perfectly honest neither of those semi-finals was too hard.
2011 A. Fitzpatrick Strictly Legal 124 I never asked for any details to be honest.
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