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
And truthfully, that may be something of an understatement.
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Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The biggest challenge, 100% truthfully, would be just tracking down Jelly Roll.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Durbin made his comments before Bondi took her oath to testify truthfully before the Judiciary Committee and delivered her own testimony.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
The instructions mention not to tumble dry at all, and air-drying truthfully takes a long time.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Obviously, there is a ton that did not make the final edit, but truthfully, there was not a lot of drama to be found even on the cutting room floor.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
But truthfully, the root of this team’s early-season struggles can be attributed to an offense that’s looked, quite frankly, archaic at times.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the story truthfully revealed itself to me in the edit through a process of removing everything to just reveal the final sculpture.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Because truthfully, travel just doesn’t always come with rest.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The biggest challenge, 100% truthfully, would be just tracking down Jelly Roll.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Durbin made his comments before Bondi took her oath to testify truthfully before the Judiciary Committee and delivered her own testimony.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
The instructions mention not to tumble dry at all, and air-drying truthfully takes a long time.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Obviously, there is a ton that did not make the final edit, but truthfully, there was not a lot of drama to be found even on the cutting room floor.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
But truthfully, the root of this team’s early-season struggles can be attributed to an offense that’s looked, quite frankly, archaic at times.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the story truthfully revealed itself to me in the edit through a process of removing everything to just reveal the final sculpture.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Because truthfully, travel just doesn’t always come with rest.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truthfully
Adverb
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Pitching today, honestly, feels more like going into a bank and asking for a loan, which is sad.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The animation is stellar, and honestly never really feels like a video game (complimentary).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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To put it mildly, all of that taken together is frankly insane.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hull seemed perplexed by this as an alarming number of season-ending injuries continued to pile up, sidelining five of her own Indiana Fever teammates before their unexpected—and frankly remarkable—playoff run.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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At both Barca and Villarreal, sources close to the players said that the extra travel and other commitments involved (without any benefits for those actually playing the game) was a factor behind their opposition.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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No VCs wanted to actually back ElevenLabs, back in the early days on the pre-seed round.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Here's everything to know about what really happened to Mallory Beach and how her family sought justice from the Murdaugh family.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Both of them are great spirits and really easygoing.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Truthfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truthfully. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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