və̇ˈrāshəs adjective
Etymology: Latin verac-, verax + English -ious
1. : observant of the truth : habitually speaking the truth : truthful
fish, flesh, and fowl … have been picked up by veracious people after a storm — John Burroughs
2.
a. : marked by truth : accurate , true
efforts to call up before us veracious images of a bedroom, a bed, pillows, a lighted candle — C.E.Montague
a striving toward the veracious depiction of reality — Encyc. Americana
b. : not deceitful : direct , honest , sincere
the clear veracious glance of the brown eyes — George Eliot
• ve·ra·cious·ly adverb
• ve·ra·cious·ness noun -es