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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The trick is to make truthful revelation the rational choice and misrepresentation unprofitable.
An immigration judge found "overwhelming evidence" that Kordia was truthful about the funds, reports the Associated Press news agency.
From BBC
"They're bang in trouble, I must be truthful. It's going to be tight at the bottom, isn't it?"
From BBC
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.
"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
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