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
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He is always scrupulously ~ in his business activities.
▪ with
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My parents were always completely ~ with me.
PHRASES
▪ ~ enough
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She seems ~ enough.
▪ to be ~ (with you)
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To be quite ~ with you, I don't think he's the right person for the job.
▪ open and ~
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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