veracious

adj

Etymology: From Latin verac- + -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”).

1. True.

   “The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.”

   “"It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour."”

2. Truthful; speaking the truth.

   “Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man.”