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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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Whatever the generative AI tells them is presumed to be truthful and ironclad.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
He was accused of tampering with evidence and not being truthful with law enforcement.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Not yet titled, the series will tell the unflinchingly truthful story of the first new sports league to succeed since the UFC.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Truthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truthful. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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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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