1 ~ (to sb/sth) staying with or supporting a particular person, organization or belief
SYNLOYAL:
a faithful servant / friend / dog * He remained faithful to the ideals of the party until his death. * She was rewarded for her 40 years' faithful service with the company. * I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years.
2 (the faithful) noun [pl.] people who believe in a religion; the loyal supporters of a political party:
The president will keep the support of the party faithful.
3 (of a wife, husband or partner) ~ (to sb) not having a sexual relationship with anyone else
4 ~ (to sth) true and accurate; not changing anything:
a faithful copy / account / description / representation * His translation manages to be faithful to the spirit of the original.
5 [onlybeforenoun] able to be trusted; that you can rely on:
a faithful worker / correspondent * my faithful old car
faithfulness noun [U]:
faithfulness to tradition * She had doubts about his faithfulness.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for faithful is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is faithful a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, faithful is tagged as adjective.
Does faithful appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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