HONESTLY

adv.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
adv.

Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
adv.

In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak. To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.

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