Word library
Synonyms for honestly
The synonym for honestly recorded in this bank is frankly, in the sense "it is sincerely the case that". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for honestly
- franklyadverb, in the sense "it is sincerely the case that"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and honestly carries one sense so far.
it is sincerely the case that
Honestly, I don't believe it.
The true synonym
frankly
Same sentence, swapped: Frankly, I don't believe it.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where honestly stands in the sentence above.
- naturally
- fairly
- immaculately
Where honestly turns up in the game
honestly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where honestly is the trap
- politelyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is courteously, in the sense "in a way that shows good manners and consideration for others", and honestly is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play honestly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so honestly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at Foothills, then their alphabetical neighbours.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
honestly is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.