Word Meanings - TRUTHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Truthful; likely; probable. "A more truthy import." W. G. Palgrave.

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• IMPORTUNELY
  In an importune manner.
• TRUTHY
  Truthful; likely; probable. "A more truthy import." W. G. Palgrave.
• PALGRAVE
  See PALSGRAVE
• IMPORTUNATOR
  One who importunes; an importuner. Sir E. Sandys.
• IMPORTING
  Full of meaning. Shak.
• IMPORTUNE
  derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. 1. Inopportune; unseasonable. 2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. And their importune
• IMPORTUNATE
  1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell. 2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. Donne. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
• IMPORTUOUS
  Without a port or harbor.
• IMPORTANTLY
  In an important manner.
• PROBABLE
  1. Capable of being proved. 2. Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely. That is accounted probable which has better arguments producible for it than
• IMPORT
  + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. 1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed
• TRUTHFUL
  Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Truth"ful*ness, n.
• LIKELY
  1. Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson. 2. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to
• IMPORTUNER
  One who importunes.
• IMPORTANT
  1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. 2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing;
• IMPORTANCY
  Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important. Shak. "Careful to conceal importancies." Fuller.
• IMPORTANCE
  1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. 2. Subject; matter. Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.
• IMPORTLESS
  Void of meaning. Shak.
• IMPORTABLE
  Capable of being imported.
• IMPORTER
  One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
• NONIMPORTATION
  Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
• REIMPORTATION
  The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.
• REIMPORT
  To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.
• NONIMPORTING
  Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.
• UNTRUTHFUL
  Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- Un*truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*truth"ful*ness, n.
• IMPROBABLE
  Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents