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truthfulness|ˈtruːθfʊlnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being truthful.
1. Disposition to tell the truth; veracity.
1843Miall in Nonconf. III. 1 Soundness of principles, and..truthfulness of spirit. a1873Wilberforce Ch. & Empires (1874) 110 Any..writer..who..commands belief by his accuracy and truthfulness.
2. Accuracy in representing the reality; freedom from pretence or counterfeit, as in a work of art or literature.
1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xvii, It is for this rare, precious quality of truthfulness that I delight in many Dutch paintings. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §5. 324 No words could paint with so terrible a truthfulness the spirit of the New Monarchy. 1886C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day xlii. (ed. 3) 362 English work, and especially as applied to furniture, used to have a character for truthfulness, simplicity, solidity, and comfort. |