truthfullyadv.
/ˈtruːθfᵿli/, /ˈtruːθfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈtruθfəli/ 1. In a truthful manner; accurately, veraciously; in accordance with the truth.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb]
without(en, but leasec888
soothfastlya890
soothfasta1300
aefauldly1472
truthly1490
gospelly1596
sincerely1597
honest1654
sacredly1706
rightly1786
veraciously1807
truthfully1828
veridically1832
unfallaciously1852
honest-like1899
salva veritate1930
1828 Daily National Jrnl. (Washington, D.C.) 13 Sept. Truthfully, or from motives of policy—it matters not which—the leader disclaims the slightest participation in the proposed movement.
1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill iii. xix, in Bow Bells 5 Apr. 255/1 One question more,..By answering it truthfully, thou may'st escape the rack.
1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xxvi. 177 She did not report happenings truthfully, but gave them color, excitement and dramatic twists.
1968 W. Kidd in W. French & W. Kidd Amer. Winners of Nobel Literary Prize Introd. 8 Lewis..emphasizes that the duty of the American writer is to express life truthfully, not to prettify it.
2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) ii. 18 I told you quite truthfully that I consider fame to be fascinating but it is also true that I myself have always shunned it.
2. Used parenthetically or as a sentence adverb: to be truthful, in all truth; truth to tell. Cf. honestly adv. 4a.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis
God (it) wot?c1225
goddot?a1289
sooth to sayc1330
truth (also sooth) to tella1375
honestly1819
honest Indian1854
truthfully1854
honest Injun1857
on the level1872
straight1874
honest1876
square dinkum1888
no kidding1901
straight-up1963
1854 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 17 176/1 In operation, truthfully, it is half of the whole weight suspended on the centre of the chains.
1889 Our Society Jrnl. (N.Y.) Aug. 15/1 I don't see..Why, truthfully, you wouldn't be 'Most sure to do my way!
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 5/3 Isn't that, fundamentally, and truthfully, if we look ourselves straight in the face, what each of us wants most to do in the world?
1980 M. Thelwell Harder they Come xvi. 319 The people were all white or, more truthfully, a roseate pink.
2012 Independent 27 Jan. 39/5 He was smart and well read—but toxic. Truthfully, he was a sociopath.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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