Honestly and Properly

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Honestly adverb - To tell the truth.

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Properly and honestly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Properly" instead an adverb "Honestly".

Nearby Words: honest, honesty

Properly adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.

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Honestly and properly are semantically related. You can use "Honestly" instead an adverb "Properly".

Nearby Words: proper, property

Count the ponies who are honestly, properly green.

Source: All Your Colors Combined
Honestly, the only reason why they fail at all is that they've forgotten how to properly apply military strategy (despite having a history of warfare behind them), and are more comfortable with letting the Karmans do their dirty work.

Source: Tabletop Game / AT-43
Fingerprinting Air: The level of details you get from analyzing crime scenes with just your on-site equipment is improbable, so it's honestly a surprise that exactly one set of fingerprints per game is actually too smudged for his equipment to properly identify.

Source: Video Game / Condemned: Criminal Origins

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