as in honest
being in the habit of telling the truth
a truthful youngster who wouldn't just make up a story like that
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Police searched without success, and prosecutors said there was no indication that Stock was being truthful.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
But the vulgarity of reading the dress as truthful or not about the body inside was astounding.
—Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
His live version from Live at Sin-e is a reverent prayer, as spiritual, sensual and truthful as any song will ever hear.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Whatever happens, Iris can’t escape her programming, which obliges her to always be truthful, but doesn’t abide by Asimov’s second rule of robotics, which dictates that such a machine must not harm a human.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
But the vulgarity of reading the dress as truthful or not about the body inside was astounding.
—Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
His live version from Live at Sin-e is a reverent prayer, as spiritual, sensual and truthful as any song will ever hear.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Whatever happens, Iris can’t escape her programming, which obliges her to always be truthful, but doesn’t abide by Asimov’s second rule of robotics, which dictates that such a machine must not harm a human.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truthful. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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