Meaning of truth to tell | Babel Free

Definitions

Actually; frankly; as a matter of fact.

Examples

“Truth to tell⟳, the supper had been waiting a most unreasonable time.”

“Haggerty had his trouble⟳ for nothing. There was no clue whatever in Lord Monckton's suite. . . . Truth to tell⟳, Haggerty had not expected to find⟳ anything.”

“In 1999 the American bishops mandated that if a college wanted to call⟳ itself Catholic, its theologians needed a bishop's good-housekeeping seal. And yet, truth to tell⟳, the majority of Catholic schools hadn't really toed the line.”

“I am a huge fan [of farting]. Well, truth to tell⟳ I am more than a simple fan for having studied the act of breaking wind for most of my life I consider⟳ myself to be far more than a simple aficionado[…]”

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