veracious.

Speaking truthfully or giving an account that accords with the facts.

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Words that belong together

• a veracious witness
• a veracious account

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The veracious witness admitted the parts she could not remember.

He sought a veracious account rather than a reassuring one.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more veracious; superlative most veracious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.