ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adv. truly &c adj.; verily, indeed, really, in reality; with truth &c (veracity) 543;
certainly &c (certain) 474; actually &c (existence) 1; in effect &c (intrinsically) 5.
exactly &c adj.; ad amussim [Lat.]; verbatim, verbatim et literatim [Lat.]; word for
word, literally, literatim [Lat.], totidem vervis [Lat.], sic, to the letter, chapter and verse,
ipsissimis verbis [Lat.]; ad unguem [Lat.]; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a
turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre [Fr.]; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all
respects; sous tous les rapports [Fr.]; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking.
Phr. the truth is, the fact is; rem acu tetigisti [Lat.]; en suivant la verite [Fr.]; ex facto jus
oritur [Lat.]; la verita e figlia del empo [It]; locos y ninos dicen la verdad [Sp.], crazy
people and children tell the truth; nihil est veritatis luce dulcius [Lat.] [Cicero]; veritas
nunquam perit [Lat.] [Seneca]; veritatem dies aperit [Lat.] [Seneca]; the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth; just the facts, ma'am, just the facts [Dragnet].
495. Error -- N. error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding † ,
misunderstanding; inexactness &c adj.; laxity; misconstruction &c (misinterpretation)
523; miscomputation &c (misjudgment) 481; non sequitur &c 477; mis-statement, misreport;
mumpsimus † .
mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum,
corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble &c (failure) 732; botchery &c
(want of skill) 699 [Obs.]; slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen;
lapsus linguae [Lat.], clerical error; bull &c (absurdity) 497; haplography † .
illusion, delusion; snare; false impression, false idea; bubble; self-decit, selfdeception;
mists of error.
heresy &c (heterodoxy) 984; hallucination &c (insanity) 503; false light &c (fallacy of
vision) 443; dream &c (fancy) 515; fable &c (untruth) 546; bias &c (misjudgment) 481;
misleading &c v..
V. be erroneous &c adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error;
beguile, misinform &c (misteach) 538 [Obs.]; delude; give a false impression, give a
false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive &c 545; lie &c 544.
err; be in error &c adj., be mistaken &c v.; be deceived &c (duped) 547; mistake,
receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an
error &c n.; be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand,
misreckon, miscount, miscalculate &c (misjudge) 481.
play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes &c (misinterpret) 523.
trip, stumble; lose oneself &c (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail &c 732; be in the
wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear &c (mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the
wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance &c (credulity)
486; dream &c (imagine) 515.
Adj. erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded,
groundless; unsubstantial &c 4; heretical &c (heterodox) 984; unsound; illogical &c 477.
inexact, unexact inaccurate † , incorrect; indefinite &c (uncertain) 475.
illusive, illusory; delusive; mock, ideal &c (imaginary) 515; spurious &c 545;
deceitful &c 544; perverted.
controvertible, unsustainable; unauthenticated, untrustworthy.
exploded, refuted; discarded.