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# truthful

adjective (truthful, more truthful, most truthful)

«truthful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Telling the truth; honest, not lying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#m1)
2. True; giving a correct picture of what happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school and family life, being truthful is an important value: «tell me truthfully what happened». In stories, a truthful character can be trusted, and a lie often causes trouble. In reports and evidence, a truthful account is accurate. In logic puzzles («truth-tellers and liars»), truthful people always tell the truth. Phrases: «be truthful», «a truthful answer», «truthful account».

### Examples

- Please be truthful about who broke the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x1)
- She gave a truthful answer even though it was hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x2)
- George was always truthful with his parents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x3)
- The witness gave a truthful account of the accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x4)
- In the puzzle, one knight is truthful and one always lies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x5)
- Being truthful helps people trust you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x6)
- To be truthful, I didn't like the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x7)
- "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#x8)

### Note

Adverb: «truthfully»; noun: «truthfulness». Opposite: «untruthful», «dishonest». «To be truthful,» at the start of a sentence means «honestly». In logic puzzles, check every statement: a truthful person's statements must all be true.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «truthful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«truthful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/truthful.html) on Mova free.