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== Question ==

Are [ truefully ]truefully and [ truthfully ]truthfully essentially the same?

Does one have an implication, intonation, or standard use
  that the other does not?

 

        I know from Oxford's online dictionary that == Bonus : Etymology? ==

      I know from Oxford's online dictionary that [ trueful ] is an actual word.

      However I can't tell if it has a history,
      or if they've included it due to common use (or perhaps misuse?)trueful is an actual word. However I can't tell if it has a history, or if they've included it due to common use (or perhaps misuse?)

== Question ==

Are [ truefully ] and [ truthfully ] essentially the same?

Does one have an implication, intonation, or standard use
  that the other does not?

 

       == Bonus : Etymology? ==

      I know from Oxford's online dictionary that [ trueful ] is an actual word.

      However I can't tell if it has a history,
      or if they've included it due to common use (or perhaps misuse?)

Are truefully and truthfully essentially the same?

Does one have an implication, intonation, or standard use that the other does not?

I know from Oxford's online dictionary that trueful is an actual word. However I can't tell if it has a history, or if they've included it due to common use (or perhaps misuse?)

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Truefully vs Truthfully -- interchangeable?

== Question ==

Are [ truefully ] and [ truthfully ] essentially the same?

Does one have an implication, intonation, or standard use
that the other does not?

      == Bonus : Etymology? ==

      I know from Oxford's online dictionary that [ trueful ] is an actual word.

      However I can't tell if it has a history,
      or if they've included it due to common use (or perhaps misuse?)