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faithfulest

faithfulest is the superlative form of faithful.

Meaning of faithful

Adjective

faithful (comparative more faithful, superlative most faithful)

  1. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
    • My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.
  2. Having faith.
    • The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church.2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion, page 162
  3. Reliable; worthy of trust.
    • My servant is very faithful.
  4. Consistent with reality.
    • I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
  5. Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
    • They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.
  6. Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.

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Questions about faithfulest

What is faithfulest the superlative form of?
Faithfulest is the superlative form of faithful.

Words near faithfulest in the dictionary

  1. faithes
  2. faithful
  3. faithful as a dog
  4. faithful functor
  5. faithful functors
  6. faithfulest
  7. faithfull
  8. faithfullest
  9. faithfully
  10. faithfully flat
  11. faithfulness

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