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veracious

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ve·ra·cious  (v-rshs)
adj.
1. Honest; truthful.
2. Accurate; precise.

[From Latin vrx, vrc-, truthful, from vrus, true; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots.]

ve·racious·ly adv.
ve·racious·ness n.

veracious [vɛˈreɪʃəs]
adj
1. habitually truthful or honest
2. accurate; precise
[from Latin vērax, from vērus true]
veraciously  adv
veraciousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.veracious - habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness"
truthful, true - expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
2.veracious - precisely accurate; "a veracious account"
accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"
Translations
veracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] ADJ (frm) → veraz
veracious
adj personehrlich, aufrichtig; reportwahrheitsgemäß


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I have now told the singular, but veracious story of the Opera ghost.
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