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  • 11veracious — adjective Etymology: Latin verac , verax more at very Date: circa 1677 1. truthful, honest 2. marked by truth ; accurate • veraciously adverb • veraciousness noun …

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  • 12veracious — Synonyms and related words: actual, ascertained, attested, authenticated, categorically true, certain, certified, confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, determined, direct, documentary, effectual, established, factual, historical, not in error,… …

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  • 13veracious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Honest] Syn. truthful, frank, trustworthy; see honest 1 . 2. [True] Syn. valid, genuine, true; see accurate 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. truthful, honest, true, factual, accurate, trustworthy, dependable,… …

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  • 14veracious — ve·ra·cious || vÉ™ reɪʃəs adj. honest, truthful; accurate …

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  • 15veracious — [və reɪʃəs] adjective formal speaking or representing the truth; truthful. Derivatives veraciously adverb veraciousness noun Origin C17: from L. verax, verac (from verus true ) + ious …

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  • 16veracious — a. 1. Truthful, observant of truth, true, truth loving, straightforward, trustworthy, reliable. 2. True, credible, reliable, trustworthy, honest …

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  • 17veracious — adjective, formal See truthful 2) …

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  • 18veracious — adj 1. truthful, honest, sincere, earnest; upright, righteous, honorable, upstanding; ethical, proper, moral, conscionable; principled, high minded, noble, right minded, uncorrupt; ingenuous, artless, guileless, unsophisticated; frank, straight,… …

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  • 19veracious — ve·ra·cious …

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  • 20veracious — ve•ra•cious [[t]vəˈreɪ ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) habitually truthful 2) characterized by truthfulness • Etymology: 1670–80; < L vērāx, s. vērāc , der. of vērus true; see acious ve•ra′cious•ly, adv. ve•ra′cious•ness, n …

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