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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Glen Weldon, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
The country is expected to pass a law to help make review sites more truthful.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Philipp Plein’s designs are a direct reflection of this shift providing luxury buying audiences greater permission to be more truthful and transparent about the very human need of wanting to be more daring and noticed.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
After a choppy start, there’s a noticeable amount of restraint to keep the characters truthful and the tone tightly reined in.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truthful. Accessed 21 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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