ADJECTIVE
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(used informally especially for emphasis) real or genuine
went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel
a real honest-to-god live cowboy
How To Use honest-to-goodness In A Sentence
- You'd not go there for posh nosh but if all you're after is a reasonable cup of coffee and an honest-to-goodness everyday nibble then it does very nicely.
- Socialism and anti-racism are ideas; greed and inequality are just plain, honest-to-goodness facts of life.
- Johnnie's LP, by contrast, hangs together like a real, honest-to-goodness, well-conceived elpee. Crate Digging Revealed
- When the telephone in the hall rang (it was Bakelite and black and had an honest-to-goodness rotary dial on the front), Mr. Ibis answered. AMERICAN GODS
- Setting aside Paul for a moment, real, honest-to-goodness libertarians are awfully thin on the ground. The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge
- The informant may even be an honest-to-goodness patriot.
- This may sound like a small thing, but as an aspiring writer, reading an honest-to-goodness published writer's work, giving feedback, and even highlighting flaws, proved to be an astonishing gesture. This Redneck’s Got Honest Voice
- Should a landlord refuse payment from a tenant if the money wasn't earned through honest-to-goodness hard work?
- I just got back from a visit to a barber, one of the honest-to-goodness kinds that I haven't been to in years.
- The performance, pliantly conducted by a visiting conductor, also delivered an honest-to-goodness duet, a first for Morris here.