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truthfully

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truth·ful  (trthfl)
adj.
1. Consistently telling the truth; honest.
2. Corresponding to reality; true.
truthful·ly adv.
truthful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.truthfullytruthfully - with truth; "I told him truthfully that I had just returned from my vacation"; "he answered the question as truthfully as he could"
mendaciously, untruthfully - in a mendacious and untruthful manner; "I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave"
Translations
truthfully [ˈtruːθfəlɪ] ADV → sinceramente
now tell me truthfully → ahora(bien), dime la verdad
truthfully, I don't know → de veras, no sé nada
truthfully [ˈtruːθfʊli] adv → sincèrement, sans mentir
truthfully
adv → ehrlich; answer, say also, explain → wahrheitsgemäß, der Wahrheit entsprechend
truthfully [ˈtruːθfəlɪ] adv → sinceramente
truthfully [ˈtruːθfəlɪ] adv → sinceramente


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I can understand immorality," she said, not quite truthfully, since she never could understand that which leads women to immorality; "but I don't understand cruelty: to whom?
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
It has been said that the whale only breathes through his spout-hole; if it could truthfully be added that his spouts are mixed with water, then I opine we should be furnished with the reason why his sense of smell seems obliterated in him; for the only thing about him that at all answers to his nose is that identical spout-hole; and being so clogged with two elements, it could not be expected to have the power of smelling.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
To be honest, it was very hard reading even then, and I cannot truthfully pretend that I have ever liked Wordsworth except in parts, though for the matter of that, I do not suppose that any one ever did.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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