1.
[syn: truthful, true]
2. conforming to truth;
- Example: "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"
- Example: "a truthful statement"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Truthful \Truth"ful\, a.
Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truth"ful*ly, adv.
-- Truth"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
truthful
adj 1: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true
statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful
person" [syn: truthful, true] [ant: untruthful]
2: conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it
weren't so"; "a truthful statement"
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.