Literary notes about Veracious (AI summary)
In literature, "veracious" is employed to emphasize truthfulness and reliability, whether characterizing a person, a narration, or historical accounts. Writers use the term to laud the integrity of individuals, as when a character’s honest nature is highlighted to demonstrate their incorruptible character [1][2][3]. At the same time, it is often applied to chronicles and records that aspire to genuine accuracy, lending a sense of authenticity and trustworthiness to the narrative voice [4][5][6]. Whether describing a meticulous historian or a candid personal account, "veracious" enriches the text by asserting that what is presented is both honest and faithful to fact [7][8][9].
- Now, if Sir George had not been a veracious man, he would have been caught directly.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various - "Yes," persists Scholasticus, "but the man who told me so was more veracious than you!"
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange - Charles Pickney Sumner, the father of Charles Sumner, was a man of an essentially veracious nature.
— from Cambridge Sketches by Frank Preston Stearns - The author presents a story, but she gives a veracious picture of conditions in the town of Boston during the Revolution.
— from The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House by Margaret Sidney - The Historic Muse supported by the veracious historians.
— from Thackerayana: Notes and Anecdotes - During travels in numerous lands, I have listened to early recollections from the lips of veracious men and women.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - At such a time, kindly—yet uncompromising and veracious—explanation of the nature and implications of the crisis is the course dictated by wisdom.
— from The Next Step in Religion: An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars - A perfectly veracious speech; but, as Isabel thought, not as perfectly timed.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - But Gibbon was above all things a veracious historian, and fortunately has not refrained from giving us a truthful picture of his childhood.
— from Gibbon by James Cotter Morison
