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truthly

truthly adverb: in accordance with truth; honestly, without deceit; truthfully.

Adverb

truthly (comparative more truthly, superlative most truthly)

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) In accordance with truth; honestly, without deceit; truthfully.
    • The spirit of music serves such tragic insights because it speaks truthly to and of the disassociated emotions of the alienated mind and body that patriarchy psychologically inflicts on men and women.2004, David A. J. Richards, Tragic manhood and democracy: Verdi's voice and the power of musical art

Forms of truthly

comparativemore truthly
superlativemost truthly

Origin of truthly

From truth + -ly.

Questions about truthly

What does truthly mean?
Truthly means in accordance with truth; honestly, without deceit; truthfully.
What part of speech is truthly?
Truthly is an adverb.

Words near truthly in the dictionary

  1. truthless
  2. truthlessly
  3. truthlessness
  4. truthlike
  5. truthlikeness
  6. truthly
  7. truthmaker
  8. truthmakers
  9. truthmaking
  10. truthness
  11. truthology

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