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ve·ra·cious    Audio Help   [vuh-rey-shuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
2.characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
[Origin: 1670–80; veraci(ty) + -ous]

—Related forms
ve·ra·cious·ly, adverb
ve·ra·cious·ness, noun

—Antonyms 1, 2. mendacious.
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ve·ra·cious    Audio Help   (və-rā'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Honest; truthful.
  2. Accurate; precise.


[From Latin vērāx, vērāc-, truthful, from vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.]

ve·ra'cious·ly adv., ve·ra'cious·ness n.
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veracious

adjective
1. habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness" 
2. precisely accurate; "a veracious account" 

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