Faithful
['feɪθfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['feθfəl]
Definition
(noun.) any loyal and steadfast following.
(adj.) steadfast in affection or allegiance; 'years of faithful service'; 'faithful employees'; 'we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor' .
(adj.) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; 'he remained faithful to his wife' .
Editor: Marilyn--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.
(a.) Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.
(a.) True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.
(a.) Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.
Editor: Patrick
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Trustworthy, trusty, true, constant, loyal.[2]. Truthful, RELIABLE, worthy of credit, worthy of belief, to be relied on, to be depended upon.[3]. Exact, strict, conscientious, accurate, close, nice.
Edited by Ethelred
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:true, firm, attached, loyal, accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact,equivalent, staunch, incorruptible
ANT:false, fickle, capricious, wavering, inaccurate, untrue, faithless, inexact
Checker: Rosalind
Examples
- I would never have treated Miss Crawley's faithful friends as that odious designing Mrs. Bute has done. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I will be your faithful steward, I said; I trust at your coming the account will be ready. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You'll be sick of me I'll be so faithful. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And will you tell them all that I have thought of them every day, and that my heart is faithful to them everywhere? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Of all that mighty host, none but the two faithful spies ever lived to set their feet in the Promised Land. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The features are given to man as the means by which he shall express his emotions, and yours are faithful servants. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Stone Lodge was situated on a moor within a mile or two of a great town—called Coketown in the present faithful guide-book. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I think I find all women faithful, Lucy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We must not swing across from the repudiation of the extravagant pretensions of the faithful to an equally extravagant condemnation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Poetical, expansive, faithful. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Deep, downright, faithful earnestness. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We were soon joined by my own faithful Frederick's brother, the honourable George Lamb, to whom I was presented by Livius. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Medina and Mecca were now only of importance as pilgrimage centres, to which the faithful turned to pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Ned