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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Her alleged crime: encouraging the truthful testimony of a key witness, former junior White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, about Trump’s activities that day.
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Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2025
The draft provides six principles that the Competition Bureau will use for enforcement:
Principle 1: Environmental claims should be truthful, and not false or misleading.
—Jon McGowan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
No one is checking if the other 21 states and Washington, D.C., were truthful.
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And lawyers have a responsibility as officers of the court, even in the public square, to be truthful and honest.
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Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2025
The draft provides six principles that the Competition Bureau will use for enforcement:
Principle 1: Environmental claims should be truthful, and not false or misleading.
—Jon McGowan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
No one is checking if the other 21 states and Washington, D.C., were truthful.
—Aneri Pattani, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
And lawyers have a responsibility as officers of the court, even in the public square, to be truthful and honest.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truthful. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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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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