HONEST


Meaning of HONEST in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , seem , sound

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ scrupulously , truly

▪ absolutely , completely , perfectly , quite , totally

▪ less than , not entirely

I don't think you've been entirely ~ with me.

▪ refreshingly

▪ brutally , painfully

Let's be brutally ~ about this: you don't have a hope of succeeding.

▪ intellectually

PREPOSITION

▪ about

Try to be ~ about how you feel.

▪ in

He is always scrupulously ~ in his business activities.

▪ with

My parents were always completely ~ with me.

PHRASES

▪ ~ enough

She seems ~ enough.

▪ to be ~ (with you)

To be quite ~ with you, I don't think he's the right person for the job.

▪ open and ~

She was totally open and ~ about her feelings.

Honest is used with these nouns: ↑ answer , ↑ appraisal , ↑ assessment , ↑ broker , ↑ citizen , ↑ conversation , ↑ debate , ↑ dialogue , ↑ disagreement , ↑ discussion , ↑ endeavour , ↑ face , ↑ fashion , ↑ feedback , ↑ folk , ↑ living , ↑ look , ↑ man , ↑ mistake , ↑ opinion , ↑ toil , ↑ truth , ↑ work

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