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In accordance with truth; truly. Shak.

The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.

An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism. Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith.

In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak.

ended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. Coleridge.

Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.] The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. Woodward.

e contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.

Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion; heathenish. Hooker.

onceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends. There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty them understanding. Job xxxii. 8. The power of perception is that which we call the understanding. Perception, which we…

To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

Infallible. [Obs.] "This unfailable word of truth." Bp. Hall.

Not forgettable; enduring in memory. Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.

Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin.

Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart. Carlyle.

uttering joy." Milton. The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. Shak. And the last words he uttered called me cruel. Addison.

Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception. I. Taylor.

Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian. The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious. Barrow.

The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.