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honest-to-goodness

[ on-ist-tuh-goo d-nis ]

/ ˈɒn ɪst təˈgʊd nɪs /

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adjective

real or genuine.

adverb

really, truly, or genuinely.

Also hon·est-to-God

[on-ist-tuh-god] /ˈɒn ɪst təˈgɒd/.

Origin of honest-to-goodness

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby honest-to-goodness

honest, honest broker, honest injun, honest john, honest to god, honest-to-goodness, honestly, honesty, honesty box, honesty is the best policy, honewort

Example sentences from the Web for honest-to-goodness

Instead, I am relieved to find myself in an honest-to-goodness rural watering hole.

Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia |Jeff Campagna |January 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We'll have an honest-to-goodness musicale with Signora Geraldina Courtlandta as head-liner.

The Trail of Conflict |Emilie Baker Loring
There were honest-to-goodness beds, carpets and linoleum on the kitchen floor!

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl
You see, us Schmidts came over from Germany about a hundred years ago, but were honest-to-goodness Americans just the same.

Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin |Dorothy Wayne

But I will say that this amphibian of yours steers more like a loaded truck in a mudhole than an honest-to-goodness plane!

Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings |Dorothy Wayne
Why couldnt you let the rest of us get a glimpse of some honest-to-goodness sharpers?

The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass |Allen Chapman