How to pronounce honesty
American English pronunciation
AH-nuh-stee
- IPA
- /ˈɑnəsti/
- Syllables
- AH · nuh · stee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What honesty means
Most people know honesty in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A garden plant with flat, round, silvery seed pods
In a sentence: We dried stems of honesty and put the silvery pods in a vase.
Where it comes from: It is the same word as honesty, meaning telling the truth. The plant got the name because you can see its seeds right through the clear pods.
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