Her mother considered her a sensible, good sort of girl, calling her in a joke 'mon honnete homme de fille' but had not a very high opinion of her intellectual abilities.
Her brother is also a capital fellow--un parfait honnete homme.
Endeavor to please others, and divert yourself as much as ever you can, in 'honnete et galant homme'.
Now that you are at Naples, you pass part of your time there 'en honnete homme, da garbato cavaliere', in the court and the best companies.
And Royer Collard, with the candour one shows in describing friends, said: "C'est le parti des honnetes gens qui est le moins honnete de tous les partis.
Une honnete debauche, une jolie debauche; "An agreeable rake, a man of pleasure.
I would have you have that pocket-money that should enable you to make the proper expense 'd'un honnete homme'.
A more interesting one and one that caused no little amusement is the following: "Je suis niais et fin, honnete et malhonnete, Moins sincere a la cour qu'en un simple taudis.
When the Duchesse d'Aiguillon presented to society her nephew, who later became the Duke of Richelieu, she advised and encouraged him to complete his education and make of himself an honnete homme by association with the elder Mlle.
A legitimate Marquis said to me: "C'est un honnete homme, qui nous coupera la tete de la maniere la plus honnete du monde.
What ressource rests for anhonnete homme of my extraction, but play?
Charlevoix, who knew him long after, says that he was "un fort honnete homme, et le seul de la troupe de M.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "honnete" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
