honest-to-goodness
adjective
chiefly US, informal
: not fake, false, or artificial : real
He is an honest-to-goodness legend.
an honest-to-goodness movie star
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Actual honest-to-goodness electrical power, the stuff of Edison and Tesla that drives microphones, lighting and the internet.
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Apple recently approved a new emulator app called UTM SE that enables your iPhone or iPad (or Vision Pro!) to masquerade as PC hardware and run honest-to-goodness computer desktop operating systems.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 22 July 2024
The movie has plenty of ’em, photographed on honest-to-goodness celluloid—one of Chung’s smartest decisions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
An honest-to-goodness map of the American West would show L.A.’s tentacles everywhere.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Almost exclusively through private investment, the company founded by Richard Branson has brought an honest-to-goodness space tourism business into existence with an impressive rocket that lights up in mid-air after being dropped from an aircraft.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
An honest-to-goodness nudist retreat sits a mere 45 minutes from Fort Worth.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
The Vision Pro is about to get what sounds like an honest-to-goodness mixed reality video experience from Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive, something the platform sorely needs.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 May 2024
At its core, Blackberry Smoke remain an honest-to-goodness rock band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Apple recently approved a new emulator app called UTM SE that enables your iPhone or iPad (or Vision Pro!) to masquerade as PC hardware and run honest-to-goodness computer desktop operating systems.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 22 July 2024
The movie has plenty of ’em, photographed on honest-to-goodness celluloid—one of Chung’s smartest decisions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
An honest-to-goodness map of the American West would show L.A.’s tentacles everywhere.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Almost exclusively through private investment, the company founded by Richard Branson has brought an honest-to-goodness space tourism business into existence with an impressive rocket that lights up in mid-air after being dropped from an aircraft.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
An honest-to-goodness nudist retreat sits a mere 45 minutes from Fort Worth.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
The Vision Pro is about to get what sounds like an honest-to-goodness mixed reality video experience from Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive, something the platform sorely needs.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 May 2024
At its core, Blackberry Smoke remain an honest-to-goodness rock band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
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