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adjective
Date: circa 1567
telling or disposed to tell the truth <a truthful witness> • truthfully adverb • truthfulness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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truthful — [tro͞oth′fəl] adj. 1. telling the truth; presenting the facts; veracious; honest 2. corresponding with fact or reality, as in artistic representation truthfully adv. truthfulness n … English World dictionary
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truthful — UK [ˈtruːθf(ə)l] / US [ˈtruθf(ə)l] adjective 1) a) a truthful person says what is true and does not lie truthful about: He was not entirely truthful about what happened that night. b) a truthful statement only contains things that are true a… … English dictionary
truthful — truth|ful [ˈtru:θfəl] adj 1.) someone who is truthful does not usually tell lies = ↑honest ▪ a truthful child ▪ You and I must be truthful with each other. 2.) a truthful statement gives the true facts about something = ↑honest ▪ I have only one… … Dictionary of contemporary English
truthful — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ sound ADVERB ▪ very ▪ absolutely, completely ▪ … Collocations dictionary
truthful — [[t]tru͟ːθfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED If a person or their comments are truthful, they are honest and do not tell any lies. Most religions teach you to be truthful... We ve all learnt to be fairly truthful about our personal lives... She could not give… … English dictionary
