truthful
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1.3
- adjective
- /ˈtruːθfəl/
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- It is important to be truthful when giving feedback to others.
- a truthful account
- a truthful response
- truthful information
You want them to be truthful, straight up.
- You want them to be truthful, straight up.
- So we have to be truthful to ourselves.
- And it's coming from a truthful place.
- You were being truthful until then, you could tell.
- There is not a single authentic, truthful portrait of Jesus anywhere.
- Question, Was there anything truthful in the documentary?
- So we want characters to be honest, truthful and authentic characters.
- If I'm being truthful and it hurts me to give him praise.
- It is producing language and language can be truthful or not truthful.
- And so they err on the side of being mostly truthful on their tax return.
- No, you're actually trying to be more, more truthful in certain respects, he says.
- To say that there isn't is just me not being truthful about the data.
Examples
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And I have to be truthful with you.
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So we want characters to be honest, truthful and authentic characters.
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You want them to be truthful, straight up.
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So we have to be truthful to ourselves.
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And it's coming from a truthful place.
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You were being truthful until then, you could tell.
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We're supposed to be truthful here.
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I just want to be truthful.
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Now, Ralph, I want you to be very truthful with me.
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Some of the students were not truthful when responding to the course evaluation questions.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
Truthful and fair, not cheating or lying
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1.4
Honest and direct in what they say
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2.5
Being honest and showing what you really feel
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4.6
Open and honest, telling the truth even when it is hard
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3.6
Someone who is honest and direct, not hiding anything
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5.5
Being direct and honest when talking or acting
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7.0
Saying something directly and honestly without hiding the truth
An account or statement that gives true facts
Antonyms
How Honest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word truthful comes from truth, meaning 'what is real' or 'what is true', plus the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So to be truthful is to be 'full of truth', which means honest and not lying.