truthful
adjective
truth·ful
ˈtrüth-fəl 
: telling or disposed to tell the truth
a truthful witness
truthfulness
noun
Examples of truthful in a Sentence
We were not entirely truthful with her about where we went last night.
I like keeping the house clean but, to be truthful, I hate vacuuming.
Recent Examples on the Web
Academic painting emphasised idealisation and polish; the impressionists valued freedom of technique, a personal rather than a conventional approach to subject matter, and the truthful reproduction of nature.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 6 Apr. 2024
His great achievement, and Moses’s and Neugebauer’s, lies in the fact that such an effusion — hardly the only one in The Ally — feels not only truthful but real, earned and human, an expression not of writerly grandiosity but of character need.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Such language, perhaps unconsciously, built on a conceit that dates to the eve of World War II: that the BBC altruistically and impartially presents its global audience with truthful, trustworthy news.
—Simon J. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2023
What’s more, Click helps deliver truthful content to everyone via an immutable digital proof of authenticity.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 May 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 6 Apr. 2024
His great achievement, and Moses’s and Neugebauer’s, lies in the fact that such an effusion — hardly the only one in The Ally — feels not only truthful but real, earned and human, an expression not of writerly grandiosity but of character need.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Such language, perhaps unconsciously, built on a conceit that dates to the eve of World War II: that the BBC altruistically and impartially presents its global audience with truthful, trustworthy news.
—Simon J. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2023
What’s more, Click helps deliver truthful content to everyone via an immutable digital proof of authenticity.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 May 2024
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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truthful. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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truthful
adjective
truth·ful
ˈtrüth-fəl
: telling or being in the habit of telling the truth
truthfulness
noun
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