Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Truthful; veracious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Truthful; likely; probable.
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- adjective obsolete
Faithful ;true - adjective slang
Truthful , or seeming to be true
Etymologies
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Examples
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Brought on as a "new, hip Charles Kuralt," Gary Weis' films all had a "truthy" feel to them, meaning that they weren't necessarily out for laughs, but offered up material from real people that couldn't have been scripted, like Andy Warhol staple Taylor Mead talking to his cat.
Jamie Frevele: The SNL Shorts: Part 1 - The Beginning of Creative Anarchy Jamie Frevele 2010
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Brought on as a "new, hip Charles Kuralt," Gary Weis 'films all had a "truthy" feel to them, meaning that they weren't necessarily out for laughs, but offered up material from real people that couldn't have been scripted, like Andy Warhol staple Taylor Mead talking to his cat.
Jamie Frevele: The SNL Shorts: Part 1 - The Beginning of Creative Anarchy 2010
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Brought on as a "new, hip Charles Kuralt," Gary Weis 'films all had a "truthy" feel to them, meaning that they weren't necessarily out for laughs, but offered up material from real people that couldn't have been scripted, like Andy Warhol staple Taylor Mead talking to his cat.
The SNL Shorts: Part 1 - The Beginning of Creative Anarchy 2010
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This week, however, Raskin passed along the kind of truthy-but-inaccurate "common wisdom" about cocktails that makes me cringe.
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Brought on as a "new, hip Charles Kuralt," Gary Weis 'films all had a "truthy" feel to them, meaning that they weren't necessarily out for laughs, but offered up material from real people that couldn't have been scripted, like Andy Warhol staple Taylor Mead talking to his cat.
Jamie Frevele: The SNL Shorts: Part 1 - The Beginning of Creative Anarchy 2009
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She hasn't crossed any lines in the speech yet, just a lame "truthy" factoid about popular vote (which is BS) is all so far.
Obama To Declare Victory: "Our Primary Season Has Finally Come To An End" 2009
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I'll grant that it's "truthy," but I get the sense that in the mainstream, folks are tiring pretty quickly of pretend knowledge.
Anti-Obama Fury Spills Over Into Down-Ticket Contests: "Bomb Obama" 2009
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I suppose it's "truthy" enough, if that's what you go in for.
Obama Directly Attacks Bill's Presidency, Blames It For Massive Dem Losses 2009
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I have no problem with Obama's observation that way too many black men are in jail, however the specifics of the statement and statistics go - it's more true than "truthy".
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I don't mean "truthy," I mean * true* This is a simple yes-or-no type question, no tricks at all.
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