worthy of being depended on; " a dependable worker"; " an honest working stiff"; " a reliable source of information"; " he was true to his word"; " I would be true for there are those who trust me"

free from guile; " his answer was simple and honest"

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; " honest lawyers"; " honest reporting"; " an honest wage"; " honest weight"

marked by truth; " gave honest answers"

habitually speaking the truth; " an honest man"; " a veracious witness"

without pretensions; " worked at an honest trade"; " good honest food"

without dissimulation; frank; " my honest opinion"

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/ forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

Upright; just; sincere; honorable; fair; righteous; chaste; frank or open.

Honestly.

Full of honor: just: the opp. of thievish, free from fraud: frank: chaste: ( B.) also, honorable.

Honesty.

Just in dealing; sincere.

Fair and candid in dealings; frank; open; just; upright; also, chaste.

Fair in dealing with others; just and upright; free from fraud; sincere; unreserved; honourable or suitable; chaste; faithful.

Fair in dealing with others; just; frank; hearty; sincere.

I will be honest too! – Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus

" Oh, I didn't say you weren't honest – The Iron Woman by Margaret Deland

Yes, I feel that your eyes can't really be as honest as they look. – Indian Summer by William D. Howells

And my poor Hulot, such an honest fellow! – Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac

" I am glad to see that you are an honest man, Brown," he said quietly. – First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt

I only speak because I am sure Captain Glen is too good and honest a gentleman to behave as you have said. – A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn

I come of an honest family. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

Now, to do that you got to ferget you ever were born honest – The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum

Oh, had she not been honest – The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6) by Aphra Behn

Then aloud: Susan Posey, you are a good, honest little girl as ever was. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

Come, shall we two be honest with each other? – Early Plays Catiline, The Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans by Henrik Ibsen

Why, Judson was so honest he bent over backwards. – The Secret Pact by Mildred A. Wirt

He is a very honest man, your excellency. – Virgin Soil by Ivan S. Turgenev

Really an' honest she is- an' she doesn't know it! – The Very Small Person by Annie Hamilton Donnell

We shall soon know, he said, whether this young lady is honest or not. – The Master Mummer by E. Phillips Oppenheim

I'm trying to be honest as a woman can. – The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough

It's something any woman might be proud of, the love of an honest dear, good fellow. – Arms and the Woman by Harold MacGrath

I tried to do my duty, sir, and I expect every honest man to do his. – Mr. Trunnell by T. Jenkins Hains

Now, be honest with me! – The Whirlpool by George Gissing

They made him feel their honest wish to consider him one of themselves, making a point of saying to him, as they dropped out one by one, that they hoped to see him often. – The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson