To say something is truthfully is to say that it is actually the truth. Sometimes people use the word to mean that something is true in the sense that it is accurate.
He said that he was going out for a walk, but he actually went to the park to meet up with his girlfriend.
The teacher said that the test was easy, but it was actually very difficult.
ADV
with truth
1
The kids are honest and they say the truth.
2
He loved iniquity, delighted in fraud, hated truth, and abhorred sincerity.
3
Suppression of the truth never changes the truth.
4
The contrary is the truth.
5
For truth and nearness to the truth depend only on reference and not on sense.
6
Basically the article is the truth.
7
Betrayal of the truth is rife in this.
8
It was going to demonstrate the truth.
9
It was not necessarily the truth of the matter.
10
It was the truth, but not worth the hassle