The phrase "a half honest" is not standard in written English and may be considered awkward or unclear.
It could be used to describe someone who is somewhat honest but not fully so, though it may be better to use a more established expression.
Example: "He was a half honest man, often bending the truth to suit his needs."
Alternatives: "partially honest" or "somewhat honest".
Whether it was a solid bit or a half honest belief, Fagan kept up the story of the leprechaun, Dennis O'Toole, in his self-proclaimed park for years.
Whether it was a solid bit or a half honest belief, Fagan kept up the story of the leprechaun whose name has been reported as both Patrick and Dennis O'Toole in his self-proclaimed park for years.
Everything about what we've done over the past four-and-a-half months was honest.
It may have eight storied decades behind it or let's be honest, six-and-a-half intermittently successful decades, followed by 15 years of ignominy and incompetence under Mr Snyder's ownership but 80 years ago Americans used plenty of words to describe ethnic minorities that they do not use today.
After months of the coalition's boastful confidence, some people inside its parties now say the result is a magnified notion of a country run through a closed system that can seem half-honest, self-absorbed and clumsy.
I'll level with you: I've been trying to get through "Purity" for an honest three and a half months now.
Just a force of habit, to be honest, after more than a decade and a half of watching this team.
Mr. Baitz was still in his "promising" phase, which — to be honest — he seemed to inhabit for the succeeding decade and a half.
Kieffer: Retail, my honest answer on retail is, we owned retail a year and a half or so ago.
Honest lawyers will tell you that the last year or year and a half of law school is a waste of time.
It's an honest-to-goodness disease similar to progeria, one that causes children to age at four and a half times the normal rate.
