adjective
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telling or expressing the truth; honest or candid
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realistic
a truthful portrayal of the king
Other Word Forms
- overtruthful adjective
- overtruthfully adverb
- overtruthfulness noun
- quasi-truthful adjective
- quasi-truthfully adverb
- semitruthful adjective
- semitruthfully adverb
- semitruthfulness noun
- truthfully adverb
- truthfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of truthful
Example Sentences
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In a recent interview, Ortiz said he chose not to inform police because he hadn’t believed that Hatley was being truthful.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Investors are becoming increasingly nervous about problems mounting in the $3 trillion private credit market where some creditworthiness is deteriorating in some sectors and truthful valuations are hard to ascertain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
"I felt stupid to be truthful to you, because that's what it makes you feel. Why would somebody go out their way to do this?"
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
"Of course her work is going to be truthful."
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
“She was truthful on that point, then,” Marco says.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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