Words / B2

FAYTHFL/ˈfeɪθfl/

Faithful means loyal, or true to an original: a faithful friend; a faithful translation. Loyal is close for people; accurate is close for copies. The minutes were not a faithful record. Faith is the noun (already in the dictionary). Do not mix with fateful (deciding the future).

Meaning

Loyal; also accurate as a copy or account.

Examples

• “The minutes were not a faithful record of what the chair said.”
• “A faithful adaptation kept the novel’s ending, which is the copy sense.”

Good to know

faithful to; a faithful record / copy / friend. People: loyal. Texts: accurate / true to. Trap: fateful. Reviews and minutes.

Near in meaning

loyal

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