as in honestly
to tell the truth
truthfully, I'd rather go to the amusement park than to the museum, but I'll go along with the rest of the group
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Recent Examples of truthfully
Because truthfully, travel just doesn’t always come with rest.
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Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
But truthfully, through the hardships come new outlooks, gratitude, positivity, and a freeing new way to see life.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
One of the biggest challenges in AI development is truthfully handling tasks that are impossible, underdefined, or missing key context.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
But truthfully, through the hardships come new outlooks, gratitude, positivity, and a freeing new way to see life.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
One of the biggest challenges in AI development is truthfully handling tasks that are impossible, underdefined, or missing key context.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truthfully
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But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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But tag-ins and assists are still essential and, honestly, easier than ever.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The results are frankly stunning.—
Rupesh Dabbir,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Not with a life free of addiction but with a frankly humiliating Zyn habit.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This is our first glimpse of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia actually in action.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Ole Miss actually scored twice more on the drive but both scores were brought back because of penalties.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The game also has an electronic version over at Demiplane Nexus which is really useful for keeping all the different character write-ups in one place.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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That's a really interesting way to put it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Truthfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truthfully. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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