veracious

Adjective
Synonyms: right

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. habitually speaking the truth“a veracious witness”
  2. precisely accurate“a veracious account”Synonyms: right
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Veracious \Ve*ra"cious\, a. [L. verax, -acis, fr. verus true. See Very.]

1.Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian. [1913 Webster]

The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious.— Barrow.[1913 Webster]

2.Characterized by truth; true; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative. [1913 Webster]

The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one.— Carlyle.[1913 Webster]
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