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.
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
That is sometimes truthful but that’s always the reach.
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And producing, you're kind of rewarded for not being truthful.
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In addition, outsiders who speak with the NFL are not under oath and might not be truthful.
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
That is sometimes truthful but that’s always the reach.
—Sarah Kurchak, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
And producing, you're kind of rewarded for not being truthful.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
In addition, outsiders who speak with the NFL are not under oath and might not be truthful.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truthful. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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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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