- to be perfectly honest
- to tell you the truth, to tell you exactly how I feel, as a matter of fact
"Your cat's up in the tree again." "To be perfectly honest, I don't care. Let him come down alone."
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to be perfectly honest
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honest — hon|est [ anəst ] adjective ** 1. ) a person who is honest does not tell lies or cheat people, and obeys the law: Most young people are decent and honest. an honest man honest about: I haven t been completely honest about my past experience.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
honest — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ scrupulously … Collocations dictionary
perfectly — adv. Perfectly is used with these adjectives: ↑able, ↑acceptable, ↑accurate, ↑adequate, ↑agreeable, ↑amiable, ↑appropriate, ↑attainable, ↑audible, ↑aware, ↑balanced, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
to be honest — spoken phrase used when telling someone what you really think, especially when it may be something that they do not want to hear To be honest, the meal was terrible. to be quite/absolutely/perfectly honest: To be quite honest, I’m just not… … Useful english dictionary
to be honest — spoken used when telling someone what you really think, especially when it may be something that they do not want to hear To be honest, the meal was terrible. to be quite/absolutely/perfectly honest: To be quite honest, I m just not interested … English dictionary
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