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Definition of faithful in English: faithfuladjective ˈfeɪθf(ə)lˈfeɪθfʊlˈfeɪθfəl 1Remaining loyal and steadfast. the city has always been faithful to the Conservative party employees who had notched up decades of faithful service Example sentencesExamples - Hawi's unwavering confidence that our aims will eventually be achieved serves as an inspiration, keeping us faithful to his path as we remain faithful to his memory.
- Yes, people sometimes cheat and lie, but they sometimes are also faithful and truthful.
- It took a short while before Althea gained a small but faithful group of noble followers.
- Many people have given years of faithful service to Muintir Mhaigh Eo and have remained faithful to the ethos of the founding fathers of the Association all those years ago.
- Let my friends know that I have remained faithful to the ideal of my life, let my countrymen know that I am going to die so that France may live.
- From the outset he knew that he could not hope to curry favour with the government and remain faithful to his constitutional obligations.
- I have been to the edge of life and come back with a wise, faithful and honest friend whom I trust completely at my core.
- Filmmakers, in the image of Rossellini and Fassbinder, should remain faithful to that vocation, because without it, they will disappear along with their art.
- The late Mrs. Dunleavy, nee Keane, was a native of this parish and she was always loyal and faithful to it.
- High in the Alps is a monument raised in honour of a faithful guide who perished while ascending a peak to rescue a stranded tourist.
- It was the quietest of triumphs, and in this it remained faithful to the coach's idea of a truly worthy basketball performance.
- It was converted into the bingo hall - the largest in Europe - in 1976 and the new owners remained faithful to its former glory.
- In the years since then, Moe has carved out his own niche in the music, remaining ever faithful to the ‘old’ sounds and never drifting far from the roots of his music.
- This, the village elders said, was the way friendship was supposed to be - true and faithful, long-lasting and firm.
- All your friends may not be as reliable or faithful as you expect.
- Excited over the prospects of films, Heeba still promises to remain faithful to theatre.
- Their work has taken them to many exotic spots around the world, but they remain faithful to home.
- It was a touching and poignant afternoon as friends gathered to show their respects to a man who had remained loyal and ever faithful to the ideals of Comhaltas.
- He has remained a faithful and steadfast cheerleader for Langley, though he admits that the agency's image could do with some polishing.
- Four percent say pets are more faithful than friends and 2 percent agree they are more reliable than their parents.
Synonyms loyal, constant, true, devoted, true-blue, true-hearted, unswerving, unwavering, staunch, steadfast, dedicated, committed trusted, trusty, trustworthy, dependable, reliable, obedient, dutiful - 1.1 (of a spouse or partner) never having a sexual relationship with anyone else.
her husband was faithful to her Example sentencesExamples - Fresh disclosures from Ulrika are sure to shake Sven's relationship with his faithful, long-suffering partner.
- He is honest, faithful, great with money, and most of all he loves me more than anything.
- A genuinely faithful spouse, he appeared devoted to his fifteen children - at least while they were in their infancy.
- When the offending spouse initiated the divorce, however, the faithful spouse was more likely to experience depression.
- Some of you will get a faithful spouse, who will bring you a lot of luck.
- Do you not trust your lady enough to remain faithful to you with so much temptation around?
- She survived Russell by thirty years and remained as faithful to him until her death as if her love had been returned.
- He probably got married early on, fell in love, and has stayed true and faithful to her ever since.
- Viewers know that Pembleton is a faithful husband with no sexual interest in the woman.
- Getting married doesn't make you morally superior and it certainly doesn't automatically make you a faithful partner or a doting parent.
- I knew when I got home I'd find her, my faithful wife, tearfully afraid I would not return, waiting for me.
- He is compared to a loving father, a caring mother, a tender shepherd, a faithful husband, a generous friend.
- Betsy had been the complete opposite of her husband - kind, compassionate, faithful, and honest.
- Madame Wu is a faithful wife, producing heirs for the Wu family and controlling the house staff with skill and efficiency.
- A character actor may also be a faithful husband; both are steady, if unspectacular jobs.
- Although closely related species, meadow voles have multiple mates while prairie voles remain steadfastly faithful to their partners.
- The play is a poignant domestic tragedy which follows the death of a seemingly faithful wife once her infidelities have been discovered.
- We also learn that George III was ‘a genuinely faithful spouse… devoted to his fifteen children’.
- I realize that this is normal and I have no control over what I may or may not feel, but I also feel like I'm betraying my faithful wife for having these thoughts.
- He assumed that in marriage the wife's role is to be domestic and supportive, like Monica tolerating and tranquillizing even a hot-tempered and none too faithful partner.
- 1.2 (of an object) reliable.
Example sentencesExamples - To him, the little blue machine beside his till is a faithful partner that quietly boosts his takings, and he has no ethical concerns over his role in the development of mass-market gambling.
2True to the facts or the original. the film was faithful to the book Example sentencesExamples - Despite some juggling of the sequence of events, ‘Ali’ is largely faithful to facts.
- The game remains faithful to the spirit of the book, but it is perhaps a little too linear and predictable.
- In journalistic usage, you shall be as accurate and balanced and fair, and as faithful to pinned-down facts, as you possibly can be.
- I am very proud of the fact that I have been as faithful to the truth as humanly possible.
- She remains faithful to Thackeray's vision but adds a touch of candour to his tone of condescension, a sparkle to the supercilious ways of the British rich.
- While the themes and script remain faithful to the book, the set design and production values are highly original.
- Yet if we fail to gauge how representative the sample is of the population, we assume that it is faithful in all salient respects.
- Browne has tried to remain as faithful to the original interiors as possible, and is especially proud of his work on the main staircase.
- But despite all this augmentation, the text remains surprisingly faithful to the original.
- Although the screenwriter may remain faithful to the original work's intentions, for the adaptation to have its own value, it must have its own point of view.
- ‘Actually the film is incredibly faithful to the book despite the fact it's been reset in Chicago,’ said Hornby mildly.
- For his part Ken remained faithful to the evidence as he saw it, and to truth when it could be discerned.
- When a film is advertised as a true story, does it have a responsibility to be faithful to the truth?
- Winner of many international prizes, Stanev has built a considerable reputation on his faithful re-interpreting of the staple classical repertoire.
- People who make documentaries have to be faithful to the facts.
- In an effort to maintain Wallace's architectural and historical integrity, the layout of the floor will remain faithful to those original plans.
- If Imperial Rome had remained faithful to the style of ancient Greece with its vast, lavish buildings, then the Renaissance also favoured this classical style.
- In point of fact, no genuinely faithful screen adaptation of Red Harvest has ever been successfully attempted, but many loose adaptations have made their mark.
- In order to remain faithful to our charge to highlight contemporary Africa, we historically contextualized the stories that the older pieces tell.
- Judges must be free to do their jobs - to listen to the facts, to carefully divine the law and to be faithful to the Constitution.
Synonyms accurate, precise, exact, errorless, error-free, unerring, without error, faultless, true, close, strict realistic, authentic, convincing informal on the button, on the mark, on the beam, on the nail British informal spot on, bang on North American informal on the money rare verisimilar
noun ˈfeɪθf(ə)lˈfeɪθfʊl as plural noun the faithfulThose who are faithful to a particular religion or political party. a muezzin called the faithful to prayer Example sentencesExamples - This wholeness is about community, the community of the faithful that forms the church.
- The responsibilities of the papacy today are daunting, and all realize that the bishop of Rome needs the prayers of the faithful.
- Icons depicting the Virgin Mary and the saints are widely venerated, and the faithful light candles, pray, bow, and sometimes weep before these sacred images.
- We also ask that you ease the pain for all those religious in the Church who were innocent of any wrongdoing and who have remained faithful to their vows.
- Pondering this commentary will stiffen the spine of the faithful for preaching, teaching, interpretation and life in the world.
- The readings were by his son, David; prayers of the faithful by his grandchildren, Elaine, Brea and Gillian Roche.
- Attachment to losing is taken to a level of religious fanaticism by the faithful.
- Alex's mother Christiane however, has become a staunch party faithful member, though trying to improve everyday life in her own small way.
- Four or five other young women, some with long hair tied back or flowing, one with a close-cropped cut, later read various prayers of the faithful.
- The prayer service itself was led mostly by the young people, with various members getting involved with prayers of the faithful and readings.
Synonyms believers, communicants adherents, followers, loyal followers, loyal members congregation, brethren, flock
Definition of faithful in US English: faithfuladjectiveˈfāTHfəlˈfeɪθfəl 1Loyal, constant, and steadfast. employees who had notched up decades of faithful service he exhorted them to remain faithful to the principles of Reaganism the struggle to please the party faithful Example sentencesExamples - Their work has taken them to many exotic spots around the world, but they remain faithful to home.
- Filmmakers, in the image of Rossellini and Fassbinder, should remain faithful to that vocation, because without it, they will disappear along with their art.
- Let my friends know that I have remained faithful to the ideal of my life, let my countrymen know that I am going to die so that France may live.
- He has remained a faithful and steadfast cheerleader for Langley, though he admits that the agency's image could do with some polishing.
- The late Mrs. Dunleavy, nee Keane, was a native of this parish and she was always loyal and faithful to it.
- Hawi's unwavering confidence that our aims will eventually be achieved serves as an inspiration, keeping us faithful to his path as we remain faithful to his memory.
- Four percent say pets are more faithful than friends and 2 percent agree they are more reliable than their parents.
- Many people have given years of faithful service to Muintir Mhaigh Eo and have remained faithful to the ethos of the founding fathers of the Association all those years ago.
- All your friends may not be as reliable or faithful as you expect.
- High in the Alps is a monument raised in honour of a faithful guide who perished while ascending a peak to rescue a stranded tourist.
- Yes, people sometimes cheat and lie, but they sometimes are also faithful and truthful.
- It took a short while before Althea gained a small but faithful group of noble followers.
- It was a touching and poignant afternoon as friends gathered to show their respects to a man who had remained loyal and ever faithful to the ideals of Comhaltas.
- It was the quietest of triumphs, and in this it remained faithful to the coach's idea of a truly worthy basketball performance.
- I have been to the edge of life and come back with a wise, faithful and honest friend whom I trust completely at my core.
- This, the village elders said, was the way friendship was supposed to be - true and faithful, long-lasting and firm.
- From the outset he knew that he could not hope to curry favour with the government and remain faithful to his constitutional obligations.
- In the years since then, Moe has carved out his own niche in the music, remaining ever faithful to the ‘old’ sounds and never drifting far from the roots of his music.
- Excited over the prospects of films, Heeba still promises to remain faithful to theatre.
- It was converted into the bingo hall - the largest in Europe - in 1976 and the new owners remained faithful to its former glory.
Synonyms loyal, constant, true, devoted, true-blue, true-hearted, unswerving, unwavering, staunch, steadfast, dedicated, committed - 1.1 (of a spouse or partner) never having a sexual relationship with anyone else.
her husband was faithful to her Example sentencesExamples - He assumed that in marriage the wife's role is to be domestic and supportive, like Monica tolerating and tranquillizing even a hot-tempered and none too faithful partner.
- Although closely related species, meadow voles have multiple mates while prairie voles remain steadfastly faithful to their partners.
- When the offending spouse initiated the divorce, however, the faithful spouse was more likely to experience depression.
- I realize that this is normal and I have no control over what I may or may not feel, but I also feel like I'm betraying my faithful wife for having these thoughts.
- Betsy had been the complete opposite of her husband - kind, compassionate, faithful, and honest.
- I knew when I got home I'd find her, my faithful wife, tearfully afraid I would not return, waiting for me.
- He is honest, faithful, great with money, and most of all he loves me more than anything.
- She survived Russell by thirty years and remained as faithful to him until her death as if her love had been returned.
- Fresh disclosures from Ulrika are sure to shake Sven's relationship with his faithful, long-suffering partner.
- A character actor may also be a faithful husband; both are steady, if unspectacular jobs.
- We also learn that George III was ‘a genuinely faithful spouse… devoted to his fifteen children’.
- Viewers know that Pembleton is a faithful husband with no sexual interest in the woman.
- He is compared to a loving father, a caring mother, a tender shepherd, a faithful husband, a generous friend.
- Do you not trust your lady enough to remain faithful to you with so much temptation around?
- The play is a poignant domestic tragedy which follows the death of a seemingly faithful wife once her infidelities have been discovered.
- A genuinely faithful spouse, he appeared devoted to his fifteen children - at least while they were in their infancy.
- Madame Wu is a faithful wife, producing heirs for the Wu family and controlling the house staff with skill and efficiency.
- Getting married doesn't make you morally superior and it certainly doesn't automatically make you a faithful partner or a doting parent.
- Some of you will get a faithful spouse, who will bring you a lot of luck.
- He probably got married early on, fell in love, and has stayed true and faithful to her ever since.
- 1.2 (of an object) reliable.
Example sentencesExamples - To him, the little blue machine beside his till is a faithful partner that quietly boosts his takings, and he has no ethical concerns over his role in the development of mass-market gambling.
2True to the facts or the original. the rugs they make today remain faithful to their ancestors' methods Example sentencesExamples - Despite some juggling of the sequence of events, ‘Ali’ is largely faithful to facts.
- In journalistic usage, you shall be as accurate and balanced and fair, and as faithful to pinned-down facts, as you possibly can be.
- In point of fact, no genuinely faithful screen adaptation of Red Harvest has ever been successfully attempted, but many loose adaptations have made their mark.
- For his part Ken remained faithful to the evidence as he saw it, and to truth when it could be discerned.
- Winner of many international prizes, Stanev has built a considerable reputation on his faithful re-interpreting of the staple classical repertoire.
- Browne has tried to remain as faithful to the original interiors as possible, and is especially proud of his work on the main staircase.
- People who make documentaries have to be faithful to the facts.
- If Imperial Rome had remained faithful to the style of ancient Greece with its vast, lavish buildings, then the Renaissance also favoured this classical style.
- Judges must be free to do their jobs - to listen to the facts, to carefully divine the law and to be faithful to the Constitution.
- When a film is advertised as a true story, does it have a responsibility to be faithful to the truth?
- While the themes and script remain faithful to the book, the set design and production values are highly original.
- But despite all this augmentation, the text remains surprisingly faithful to the original.
- She remains faithful to Thackeray's vision but adds a touch of candour to his tone of condescension, a sparkle to the supercilious ways of the British rich.
- Yet if we fail to gauge how representative the sample is of the population, we assume that it is faithful in all salient respects.
- In an effort to maintain Wallace's architectural and historical integrity, the layout of the floor will remain faithful to those original plans.
- The game remains faithful to the spirit of the book, but it is perhaps a little too linear and predictable.
- In order to remain faithful to our charge to highlight contemporary Africa, we historically contextualized the stories that the older pieces tell.
- Although the screenwriter may remain faithful to the original work's intentions, for the adaptation to have its own value, it must have its own point of view.
- ‘Actually the film is incredibly faithful to the book despite the fact it's been reset in Chicago,’ said Hornby mildly.
- I am very proud of the fact that I have been as faithful to the truth as humanly possible.
Synonyms accurate, precise, exact, errorless, error-free, unerring, without error, faultless, true, close, strict 3usually as plural noun the faithfulHaving a strong belief in a particular religion, especially Islam. Example sentencesExamples - The prayer service itself was led mostly by the young people, with various members getting involved with prayers of the faithful and readings.
- The readings were by his son, David; prayers of the faithful by his grandchildren, Elaine, Brea and Gillian Roche.
- Pondering this commentary will stiffen the spine of the faithful for preaching, teaching, interpretation and life in the world.
- We also ask that you ease the pain for all those religious in the Church who were innocent of any wrongdoing and who have remained faithful to their vows.
- Four or five other young women, some with long hair tied back or flowing, one with a close-cropped cut, later read various prayers of the faithful.
- Icons depicting the Virgin Mary and the saints are widely venerated, and the faithful light candles, pray, bow, and sometimes weep before these sacred images.
- This wholeness is about community, the community of the faithful that forms the church.
- Alex's mother Christiane however, has become a staunch party faithful member, though trying to improve everyday life in her own small way.
- The responsibilities of the papacy today are daunting, and all realize that the bishop of Rome needs the prayers of the faithful.
- Attachment to losing is taken to a level of religious fanaticism by the faithful.
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