See truthful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "pravdivý"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "totuudenmukainen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "wahrheitsgemäß"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "wahrheitsgetreu"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"lang_code": "got",
"roman": "sunjis",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "realista"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pravdívyj",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "правди́вый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "fiel"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "verídico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "verífico"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "accurately depicting what is real",
"word": "gerçekçi"
}
],
"word": "truthful"
}
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