Meaning

2 senses
  1. Honest, and always telling the truth.

    someone's truthful nature

    wahrheitsliebend

    правди́выйpravdívyj

    conforming to truth

  2. Accurately depicting what is real.

    He drew a truthful portrait of the prince.

    wahrheitsgemäß, wahrheitsgetreu

    правди́выйpravdívyj

Examples

125 sentences
  1. Are you being truthful?

    Ти кажеш правду? — deniko

  2. Tom should've been truthful.

    Тому слід було бути правдивим. — deniko

  3. Tom is truthful.

    Том чесний. — deniko

    deTom ist ehrlich. — Felixjp

  4. I don't think he is truthful.

    deIch glaube, er ist nicht ehrlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom is being truthful, isn't he?

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
honest, and always telling the truth:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
honest, and always telling the truth:
accurately depicting what is real:

Origin

From truth + -ful. Piecewise doublet of trothful, from Middle English trouþeful.

From truth + -ful. Piecewise doublet of trothful, from Middle English trouþeful.

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Forms

more truthful, most truthful
Comparativemore truthful Lesson
Superlativemost truthful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • expressing or given to expressing the truth:true

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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