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kemitchell / wordy-words

list of English words with shorter synonyms
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"Truthful" #5

Open anseljh opened 8 years ago

anseljh commented 8 years ago

@kemitchell, how do you feel about "truthful"? I think there are legitimate uses for it, but it's more frequently abused, results in obfuscation, and ought to be avoided. Not sure, though, and interested in people's thoughts.

I didn't see anything from Ken Adams addressing it, and he has used it himself.

kemitchell commented 8 years ago

The alternative is "true"?

anseljh commented 8 years ago

Right, "true" or rephrase to avoid it.

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kemitchell commented 8 years ago

Garner 2e doesn't treat.

There are different shades of meaning in general dictionaries, but they're close.

kemitchell commented 7 years ago

Seen any sentences in which "truthful" can't be replaced with "true"?