Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - honest

~ adj 1 »CHARACTER« someone who is honest does not lie or steal etc  (It was very honest of him to give them the money back. | an old woman with a plain, honest face you could trust | scrupulously honest (=always very honest))  (She is scrupulously honest in all her business dealings.) 2 »STATEMENT/ANSWER ETC« not hiding the truth or the facts about something  (an honest answer | let's be honest)  (Let's be honest - the only reason she married him was for his money. | be honest with sb)  (I'm not sure if Joe was being completely honest with me when he said he'd never met them before. | be honest about sth)  (At least he's been honest about it.) 3 to be honest spoken used when you tell someone what you really think  (To be honest, I don't like him very much.) 4 honest! spoken used to try to make someone believe you  (I didn't mean to hurt him, honest!) 5 honest to God spoken used to emphasize that something you say is really true 6 »WORK« honest work is done without cheating, using your own efforts  (I bet he's never done an honest day's work in his life! | earn an honest living)  (Young families struggling even to earn an honest living.) 7 »ORDINARY/GOOD PEOPLE« honest people are not famous or special, but behave in a good, socially acceptable way  (She came from a good, honest, working-class background.) 8 make an honest woman (out) of old-fashioned to marry a woman because she is going to have a baby