the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.
ad. Soothly; really; in fact.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Truthful; veracious; honest.
True; veritable; worthy of belief.
Veritable; certain; real.
Faithful; loyal; steadfast.
Word Usage
"Right soothfast is the saw, ‘Penury maketh strangerhood at home and money maketh a home in strangerhood’; and indeed the poet speaks truth when he saith,"