honest to God adverb 2honest-to-God adjective 1 adverb2 •Honest; truly, really; used to emphasize that a statement is true.Honest to God, I thought you already knew! •Truly, really.She is honest to God brilliant. honest-to-God adjective[before a noun]1 •real, true, actual, genuine, bona fideThat's the honest-to-God truth.He's an honest-to-God saint; I don't know what I would do without him!