A female given name.
Used in a Sentence
honesty
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for honesty.
Editorial note
It has some excellent officers but the dept is atrocious when it comes to transparency and honesty with the citizenry.
Examples17
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A female given name.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of honesty gathered in one view.
(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for honesty.
noun
A female given name.
See also: money-plant, honestness, silver-dollar, satin-flower, satinpod
noun
(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
See also: money-plant, honestness, silver-dollar, satin-flower, satinpod
noun
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).
See also: money-plant, honestness, silver-dollar, satin-flower, satinpod
Example sentences
It has some excellent officers but the dept is atrocious when it comes to transparency and honesty with the citizenry.
Thank you for your honesty, it's people like you who keep this forum professional and fun for others.
No cross examination, no actual defense, no need for honesty because the rights to all that has been tossed.
But abuse is often misrepresented as honesty, and intolerance of abuse is often misrepresented as an inability to accept useful criticism.
Communication, respect and honesty are the easiest ways to gain respect and their trust.
In all honesty though, IE8 has many less issues than IE6 and even IE7.
As more Americans work through this, we see more honesty regarding sex and with that, less overall insanity.
It's a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty--a kind of leaning over backwards.
Once more, for sake of honesty, it shipped with windows 7 so maybe the drivers provided for the gsm card aren't compatible with win8.
Anyone who is actually concerned about honesty should be able to recognize the existence of abuse and draw a clear distinction between the two.
I think their methods can only be as good as the honesty of the input.
It's surprising how little intellectual honesty there is in modern society.
Quote examples
The "honesty" comment wasn't directed to you, but it's obvious why you would think it was.
To tie this back to tech, Susan Lammers' "Programmers at Work" interviews from the mid-1980s (consistently), and Jessica Livingston's "Founders at Work" (at its best) both bring this same kind of openness and honesty.
Your handle shows promises of honesty, but where is it when you end up bundling a "country" of some one billion and a half people under the all-encompassing banner of an pejorative qualifier such as "fucked up"?
:) Since we associate these negative behaviors with "childishness," we risk throwing out the good with the bad: we lose imagination, wonder, honesty, playfulness, etc.
Proper noun examples
Work with great technology and amazing team with solid values - Excellence, Simplicity, Creativity, Teamwork, Honesty, and Freedom.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use honesty in a sentence?
It has some excellent officers but the dept is atrocious when it comes to transparency and honesty with the citizenry.
What does honesty mean?
A female given name.
What part of speech is honesty?
honesty is commonly used as noun.