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| gen. |
Truly speaking; if the truth be known (Anglophile); sooth to say; set the record straight (Lviv_linguist); truth be told (ART Vancouver); in truth (Anyway, we didn't, in truth, learn much new about the late People's Princess, her husband, his mistress or her blameless sons than we knew before.); if we're honest (SirReal); in point of fact (Franka_LV); truth be told (Truth be told, I was pretty nervous about the pressure of giving a speech before the entire board. ART Vancouver); as a matter of fact (linton); honestly (Юрий Гомон); honestly speaking; quite honestly; the truth is that; frankly speaking (Frankly speaking, ... D. Zolottsev); the truth of the matter is; to be honest (kee46); basically; frankly (4uzhoj); to tell the truth |
| Gruzovik |
in order to tell the truth |
| Игорь Миг |
not to put too fine a point on it; in fairness; I have to admit that |
| amer. |
in fact (used to emphasize the truth of an assertion: In fact, it was a wonder that anyone survived. Val_Ships); if the truth be told (Val_Ships); the truth is (Val_Ships) |
| arch. |
of a truth (Of a truth, need and boredom are the two poles of human life. aldrignedigen) |
| context. |
for that matter (В.И.Макаров) |
| inf. |
straight up (Asemeniouk); get technical (vantus); truth be told (Val_Ships) |
| Makarov. |
for the matter of that; speak the truth; to tell you the truth |
| rhetor. |
to be honest with you (USA Today, 2020: I wouldn't be here to be honest with you Alex_Odeychuk); quite frankly (CNN, 2020 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| sms |
TBT (Truth Be Told Interex) |
