honest-to-goodness

== English == === Adjective === honest-to-goodness (comparative more honest-to-goodness, superlative most honest-to-goodness) (attributive only) Real; genuine. 1961 (republished 2010), Joseph Heller, Catch-22, London: Vintage Books, ISBN 978-0-09-955218-5, page 22: [']I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.' 'Superman?' Clevinger cried. 'Superman?' 'Supraman,' Yossarian corrected. === Adverb === honest-to-goodness (not comparable) Alternative form of honest to goodness. === See also === real McCoy