Both Uses
veracity
in
Pride and Prejudice
(Edited)
- Jane listened with astonishment and concern; she knew not how to believe that Mr. Darcy could be so unworthy of Mr. Bingley's regard; and yet, it was not in her nature to question the veracity of a young man of such amiable appearance as Wickham.
p. 84.2 *veracity = truthfulness
- Of what he has particularly accused me I am ignorant; but of the truth of what I shall relate, I can summon more than one witness of undoubted veracity.
p. 194.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(veracity) truthfulness
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)