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# truthful

«truthful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Telling the truth; honest, not lying** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (truthful, more truthful, most truthful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Telling the truth; honest, not lying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#m1)

2) True; giving a correct picture of what happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Too much swearing and promising about a small thing can be a sign of lying; truthful people often simply say «No».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/449-stories-that-change/43/)
- [Christians believe God is truthful and wants people to be honest too; one of the Ten Commandments forbids lying about others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/15/)
- [Aristotle said the boaster claims more than is true and the falsely modest claim less; the truthful person is in the middle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «truthful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.