Base
Base adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.
Usage example: a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law
Honest
Honest adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Usage example: honest and industrious farm folk
Both words in one sentence
- And let's be honest, his reaction to seeing her vamp face was the base caveman reaction of fear of something he didn't understand.
Source: Not Brainwashed -
He might even have ventured, on occasion, upon an extremely base deed, so long as he achieved at least something of what he dreamed; but, as if on purpose, when it reached the limit, he always proved too honest for an extremely base deed.
Source: Poke the Poodle -
Henry, now rightfully Duke of Lancaster, had a huge base of support in England, from all parts of society, and his accomplishments made him seem like The Paragon of everything a medieval Englishman ought to be: honest, soldierly, and chivalrous.
Source: Useful Notes / Henry The Fourth
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