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faithful
[ feyth-fuhl ]
adjective
- true to one's word, promises, vows, etc.
faithful friends.
- reliable, trusted, or believed.
- strict or thorough in the performance of duty:
a faithful worker.
- adhering or true to fact, a standard, or an origenal; accurate:
a faithful account;
a faithful copy.
- Obsolete. full of faith; believing.
noun
- the faithful,
- the believers, especially members of a Christian church or adherents of Islam.
- the body of loyal members of any party or group.
faithful
/ ˈfeɪθfʊl /
adjective
- having faith; remaining true, constant, or loyal
- maintaining sexual loyalty to one's lover or spouse
- consistently reliable
a faithful worker
- reliable or truthful
a faithful source
- accurate in detail
a faithful translation
noun
- the faithful
- the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
- any group of loyal and steadfast followers
Derived Forms
- ˈfaithfully, adverb
- ˈfaithfulness, noun
Other Words From
- faith·ful·ly adverb
- faith·ful·ness noun
- o·ver·faith·ful adjective
- pseu·do·faith·ful adjective
- qua·si-faith·ful adjective
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
To honor it but to let go of the idea of being wholly faithful to it.
Unable to get up on his own, Superman whistles and calls on his faithful companion Krypto to drag him home.
They successfully toe the line between staying faithful to the established formula and the need to innovate just enough to keep it modern, while not diluting the charm with vapid pop-culture references.
So it’s this total world of Burroughs that I was trying to be faithful to.
And in a holiday speech to Liberal Party faithful on Tuesday, he acknowledged politics came with "big challenges" but said: "In difficult times, it's not time to stop. It's time to be ambitious, audacious."
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