truthful

[ trooth-fuhl ]

/ ˈtruθ fəl /

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Definition of truthful

adjective

telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.

conforming to truth: a truthful statement.

corresponding with reality: a truthful portrait.

OTHER WORDS FOR truthful

1 honest, trustworthy; candid, frank.

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Origin of truthful

First recorded in 1590–1600; truth + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM truthful

truth·ful·ly, adverbtruth·ful·ness, nouno·ver·truth·ful, adjectiveo·ver·truth·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·truth·ful·ness, nounquasi-truthful, adjectivequa·si-truth·ful·ly, adverbsem·i·truth·ful, adjectivesem·i·truth·ful·ly, adverbsem·i·truth·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby truthful

trusty, truth, truth claim, truth-condition, truth drug, truthful, truth-function, truthiness, Truth is stranger than fiction, truth or consequences, truth serum

How to use truthful in a sentence

The Washington Post’s Geoffrey Fowler found some apps were not being truthful about their privacy policies in their labels, and that could create a false sense of security for consumers.
Why some like Apple’s new privacy labels, despite their flaws|Sara Morrison|February 19, 2021|Vox
What’s needed is a serious, truthful Rush Limbaugh to come on the scene in conservative talk.
Rush Limbaugh Leaves Behind a Conservative Movement No Longer Interested in Truth. That Alarms Me as a Conservative|Joe Walsh|February 17, 2021|Time
We must engage community leaders, churches, activists, doctors, and people in every neighborhood in America as well as celebrities of every stripe to get truthful vaccine messages out to the public.
How to Fix the Vaccine Rollout - Issue 95: Escape|Melanie E. Moses|January 20, 2021|Nautilus
The university declined to make Bunch available but acknowledged Stockstill had questioned whether the player was being truthful.
A college football coach’s season at war with the coronavirus — and his own school|Kent Babb|January 19, 2021|Washington Post

Clinesmith said he thought at the time he was inserting truthful information.
U.S. seeks prison time for ex-FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering email in Russia probe|Spencer Hsu|December 4, 2020|Washington Post
No one could agree on which side they felt was more truthful or believable, and the answers kept changing.
Why You’re Happily Married and Having an Affair|Ryan Selzer|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It depends who is going to be involved and how truthful it is.
Gangster in Paradise: Benicio Del Toro Is Pablo Escobar|Alex Suskind|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, I would take them rather than wear them because I wanted to be truthful to my own body.
Frances McDormand on 'Olive Kitteridge,' Dropping LSD, and Her Beef With FX's 'Fargo'|Marlow Stern|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Who shapes what the public comes to see as truth, and how truthful is that truth?
How the ‘Witch Hunt’ Myth Undermined American Justice|Jason Berry|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For our storytelling to be truthful we need to address this fact, not turn away from it.
Complaining Like It’s 1999: ‘Fight Club,’ ‘American Beauty,’ and the Revolt of the Cubicle Drone|Arthur Chu|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Swiss soon found out that in Hephzibah he was dealing with a truthful girl; for the tale, though oft repeated, never varied.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Deception, so hateful to her truthful soul, she was compelled to carry on even against her trusting husband.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Letters of Recommendation should be truthful, polite, and carefully considered.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
She took the note from her pocket and pondered each word; the cruel, truthful words!
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
“I have,” said Jim, in a tone and with a look so earnest and truthful that Nora required no further assurance.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for truthful

truthful

/ (ˈtruːθfʊl) /

adjective

telling or expressing the truth; honest or candid

realistica truthful portrayal of the king

Derived forms of truthful

truthfully, adverbtruthfulness, noun

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