honesty

noun

/ˈɒnəsti/

/ˈɑːnəsti/

[uncountable]Idioms

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the quality of being honest
- She answered all my questions with her usual honesty.
- His honesty is not in question.
Extra Examples
- ‘Don't you love me?’ ‘I don't know,’ she said with brutal honesty.
- Are you questioning my honesty?
- He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman.
- I always expect total honesty from my employees.
- I appreciate your honesty about this.
- She answered the questions with complete honesty.
- She had the honesty to admit her mother was right.
- You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives.
- At least he had the honesty to admit he was wrong.
- She prided herself on her honesty.
- They have a reputation for scrupulous honesty.
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- absolute
- complete
- total
- …
verb + honesty
- admire
- appreciate
- value
- …
preposition
- with honesty
- honesty about
phrases
- honesty and integrity
- in all honesty
- in honesty
- …
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus, from honos, honor. The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’.

Idioms

in (all) honesty

used to state a fact or an opinion that, though true, may seem disappointing
- The book isn't, in all honesty, as good as I expected.
- In all honesty, the book was not as good as I expected.
- Who in honesty can blame her?
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

单词	honesty
释义	honesty noun /ˈɒnəsti/ /ˈɑːnəsti/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results the quality of being honest She answered all my questions with her usual honesty. His honesty is not in question. Extra Examples ‘Don't you love me?’ ‘I don't know,’ she said with brutal honesty. Are you questioning my honesty? He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman. I always expect total honesty from my employees. I appreciate your honesty about this. She answered the questions with complete honesty. She had the honesty to admit her mother was right. You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives. At least he had the honesty to admit he was wrong. She prided herself on her honesty. They have a reputation for scrupulous honesty. Topics Personal qualitiesb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective absolute complete total … verb + honesty admire appreciate value … preposition with honesty honesty about phrases honesty and integrity in all honesty in honesty … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus, from honos, honor. The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’. Idioms in (all) honesty used to state a fact or an opinion that, though true, may seem disappointing The book isn't, in all honesty, as good as I expected. In all honesty, the book was not as good as I expected. Who in honesty can blame her? Topics Opinion and argumentc2
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