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Meanings of truthful in English

Expressing or given to expressing the truth.

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Examples for "true"
1
In the case of List of the Lost, however, it's absolutely true.
The Guardian
2
I just wanted to ask you: is it true about last year?
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
3
However, a third member of the family said the reports were true.
Reuters
4
Getting the Story Right-YearsAhead of Time This has already proven true.
Wired
5
Yes, it's true that new, popular technologies always bring new social mores.
Wired
Usage of truthful in English
1
Are you quite sure you want a truthful answer to that, Daddy?
The Reality Dysfunction
2
As a couple, we believe in media freedom and objective, truthful reporting.
The Guardian
3
Twenty percent are saying he's the 'real McCoy' and he's being truthful.
The way of the world
4
We'll help you but you need to be fully truthful with us.
The Long Earth
5
There could be no mistaking the truthful ring of the simple details.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
6
As a result many astronauts were less than truthful about their symptoms.
Riding rockets
7
Have you always been truthful? Karl asked during yesterday's ABC News interview.
News.com.au
8
They were harsh, truthful words delivered to ring in his players' ears.
The Irish Times
9
He watched her keenly; she was truthful and open as the day.
Dora Thorne
10
We will let him tell the story in his own truthful words:
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
11
Or to be perfectly truthful, I found no answers that made sense.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
12
This language is the more perfidious for being apparently truthful and natural.
Serious Hours of a Young Lady
13
Dr. Ryerson concludes his letter in the following truthful and striking language:-
The Story of My Life / Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Publi...
14
But his grand, simple, truthful spirit perceived no prevarication in her words.
For Woman's Love
15
The unenthusiastic references to it in ancient literature are, after all, truthful.
Ancient Town-Planning
16
To be quite truthful, a dozen people have tried to serve him.
Rage of angels
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Ireland
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