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Webster 1913 Edition
Honestly
Hon′est-ly
,adv.
1.
Honorably; becomingly; decently.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Honestly
HON'ESTLY
,adv.
1.
With frank sincerity; without fraud or disguise; according to truth; as, to confess honestly one's real design.2.
By upright means; with upright conduct; as, to live honestly.3.
Chastely; with conjugal loyalty and fidelity.