Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Honestly \Hon"est*ly\, adv.
   1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live
      honestly; to speak honestly. --Shak.

   {To come honestly by}.
      (a) To get honestly.
      (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly
          by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.