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truthfulness- I can vouch for her veracity.
veracity = truthfulness
- I'm not disputing the truth or veracity of that note of yours.Daphne du Maurier -- Rebecca
- The peddler had certainly spoken the truth when he declared that the dye wouldn't wash off, however his veracity might be impeached in other respects.Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables
- Nobody questioned the veracity of the story, at least not publicly.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- But no one ever doubted the veracity of any story about Baba.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
- By the time they arrived at a wide expanse of boulders, Tommy was becoming convinced, perhaps not in the veracity of Mack's wild story, but that they were surely following a carefully marked trail—one that could possibly have been left by Missy's killer.William P. Young -- The Shack
- Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
- I have now told the singular, but veracious story of the Opera ghost.Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
- A convenient distortion, and the least of my offenses against veracity.Ian McEwan -- Atonement
- If he needs me to believe him, he has his own way of showing his veracity.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- You had been dining with the Princesse des Laumes," she added, happy to be able to furnish him with an exact detail, which testified to her veracity.Marcel Proust -- Swann's Way
- The honor committee would never question the veracity of one of its own members.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- "I had no reason to believe him a corrupt character, or deficient in memory or veracity," Adams later wrote.David McCullough -- John Adams
- The truth detector indicates her veracity in her statements.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- A perfectly veracious speech; but, as Isabel thought, not as perfectly timed.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
- So for your pleasure, but with modesty, I'll make you witness my veracity.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
- It is to be observed, that on coming to this passage, the author of this veracious history breaks out into exclamations.Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote
- Miss Stackpole was a strictly veracious reporter.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2
- But, whatever censures may be passed upon her, it is my business to relate matters of fact with veracity.Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
- I doubt not the captain had this veracious picture taken for the benefit of his marines.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
veracity = truthfulness
veracity = truthfulness
veracity = truthfulness
veracity = truthfulness
veracity = truthfulness
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