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adverb/truː/
/truː/
(old-fashioned or literary)Word Family
- true adjective adverb noun (≠ untrue)
- truth noun (≠ untruth)
- truthful adjective (≠ untruthful)
- truthfully adverb (≠ untruthfully)
- truthfulness noun
- truly adverb
- in a direct line
- The arrow flew straight and true to the target.
- He shot true.
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- speak true to tell the truth
- He had spoken truer than he knew.
straight
correctly
Word OriginOld English trēowe, trȳwe ‘steadfast, loyal’; related to Dutch getrouw, German treu, also to truce.
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