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81factual — adj 1. true to life, realistic, credible, believable, natural; accurate, exact, precise, close, faithful, honest, strict; literal, verbatim, word for word, line for line. 2. correct, right, objective, straight; unbiased, unprejudiced, undistorted …
82literal — adj 1. word for word, verbatim, Fr. mot a mot. line for line, letter for letter, literatim, Latin, verbatim et literatim; accurate, exact, precise, close, faithful, true, honest, strict, undeviating; explicit, express, unambiguous, clear,… …
83narration — n 1. account, story, tale, sketch; description, portrayal; record, report, summary. 2. fable, myth, legend, saga, epic; history, chronicle, annals, journal; diary, memoir, biography, autobiography, life; adventures, confessions, letters. 3.… …
84real — adj 1. true, actual, Brit. Dial. gradely, Both Archaic. sooth, soothfast; factual, unimaginary, unfictitious, true to life, realistic; authentic, genuine, Dial. sure enough, bona fide, veritable, valid, confirmed; rightful, legitimate, lawful,… …
85sober — adj 1. not intoxicated or drunk, temperate, teetotal, Inf. sworn off, Sl. on the wagon or water wagon, Brit. on the water cart; prohibitionary, U.S. dry, blue ribbon. 2. abstemious, habitually abstinent, nonindulgent; moderate, self restrained,… …
86true — adj 1. factual, actual, real, Obs. veritable, Brit. Dial. gradely, Both Archaic. sooth, soothfast; unimaginary, unfictitious, authentic, genuine, valid, sound, just, confirmed; sincere, earnest, truthful, veracious; literal, true to life,… …
87truthful — adj 1. honest, veracious, sincere, earnest; upright, righteous, honorable, upstanding; ethical, proper, moral, conscionable; principled, high minded, noble, right minded, uncorrupt; ingenuous, artless, guileless, unsophisticated; frank, straight …
88veracious — adj 1. truthful, honest, sincere, earnest; upright, righteous, honorable, upstanding; ethical, proper, moral, conscionable; principled, high minded, noble, right minded, uncorrupt; ingenuous, artless, guileless, unsophisticated; frank, straight,… …
89exaggerated — [adj] overstated, embellished a bit thick*, abstract, amplified, artificial, bouncing, caricatural, distorted, embroidered, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, hammy, highly colored, histrionic,… …
90literal — [adj] word for word; exact, real accurate, actual, apparent, authentic, bona fide, close, critical, faithful, genuine, gospel, methodical, natural, not figurative, ordinary, plain, scrupulous, simple, strict, to the letter*, true, undeviating,… …
