Conforming to the actual state of things; accurate in its representation of facts.
She finally told him the truth. It was hard, but it was veridical. Every word matched what had really happened, no sugarcoating. He deserved the accurate picture, no matter how painful.
The cartographer, hunched over his parchment, felt a rush of relief. His carefully drawn lines, depicting the newly discovered spore paths, were veridical. Every twist and turn matched the humid, subterranean tunnels perfectly, a crucial bit of truth for the next expedition.
The inspector tapped the cracked casing of the drone. "This reading," he said, pointing to the warped display, "it's not veridical. The real damage is much worse. The drone is barely flying."
My pet rock, Bartholomew, gave me a deeply veridical stare when I tried to teach him to fetch. His unblinking gaze assured me Bartholomew understood the absurdity, unlike the squirrel who actually ran away with my sandwich. Bartholomew, you're the only one who gets me.
My cat, Sir Reginald Fluffernutter, insists his "sleepy" pose is a *veridical* representation of his intense, important napping duties. He's definitely not just loafing on the sunbeam, nope. His tummy is performing vital gravity experiments, obviously.
He checked the security footage again, desperate for a veridical account of the break-in. The blurred images offered little comfort, but he needed to be sure, to know exactly what happened. This veridical evidence was his only hope for justice.
The geologist stared at the seismic readings, relief flooding him. The readings were veridical, confirming his hypothesis about the fault line's depth. Finally, proof that his years of meticulous mapping and calculation weren't a waste of effort.
The historian sifted through the crumbling journals, searching for the veridical account of the Great Filament Collapse. He knew most tales were embellished, but a true, accurate representation of the desperate evacuation was vital. He needed to know what *really* happened.
My Uncle Morty's "fishing stories" were legendary, but rarely veridical. He'd swear he wrestled a kraken while a toddler, yet the photo showed him holding a goldfish. His recollections were less accurate facts and more… spirited interpretations of reality, delivered with a wink.
Bartholomew insisted his prize-winning pet rock, Dwayne, could sing opera. The audience, however, found his descriptions of Dwayne's booming baritone decidedly not veridical, especially when Dwayne remained resolutely silent and frankly, a little dusty.
He reread the report, a knot of dread tightening. The numbers presented were stark, a veridical accounting of the company's dismal performance. No sugarcoating, just the unvarnished truth of their mounting losses, leaving no room for denial or hopeful speculation.
The old prospector squinted at the rough map, his calloused finger tracing the faded ink. He'd spent weeks following rumors, but this sketch, drawn by a dying recluse, felt *veridical*. Every twist of the canyon, every cairn marker, matched the unforgiving landscape. He knew, with a gut certainty, that this was the true path.
The seismologist reviewed the sensor data, her brow furrowed. The tremor's magnitude and epicenter estimates needed to be absolutely veridical; any deviation could lead to misdirected emergency response, costing precious time and resources in the aftermath of such a powerful geological event.
My uncle insisted his pet parrot could predict the lottery numbers, but the bird's squawks proved to be anything but veridical. Instead of winning millions, his "predictions" only led to a surplus of uneaten birdseed and a rather perplexed populace who had foolishly placed their bets.
Barnaby insisted his story about wrestling a badger for a particularly pungent cheese was veridical, though his slightly singed tweed and the faint scent of Eau de Rodent suggested a more embellished, albeit entertaining, reality. His wife, Brenda, merely sighed, adjusting the slightly askew porcelain gnome collection.
The investigator meticulously reviewed the surveillance footage, her brow furrowed with intense concentration. She needed a veridical account, an unvarnished truth that mirrored reality precisely. Any deviation, however minute, could jeopardize the entire case and its pursuit of justice.
The meticulous cartographer, her brow furrowed in concentration, traced the perilous contours of the uncharted massif. Her measurements, painstakingly recorded over months of arduous exploration, had to be absolutely veridical. Any deviation, any miscalculation, could lead future expeditions astray, resulting in catastrophic loss for those who relied on her maps.
The surveyor, meticulously examining the seismic readings, confirmed the data's veridical nature. Each fluctuation, each tremor captured by the geophones, precisely mirrored the subterranean unrest; the earth’s violent symphony was being transcribed with unnerving accuracy.
The renowned philosopher, after much cogitation, declared his latest treatise on the existential angst of garden gnomes to be entirely veridical, meticulously detailing their perceived injustices and furtive nocturnal peregrinations. His esteemed colleagues, however, found his assertions rather preposterous, particularly the anecdote about a gnome pilfering a particularly succulent earthworm, a claim lacking any empirical corroboration.
Despite the flummoxed expression of the distinguished entomologist, his painstakingly cataloged collection of phosphorescent dung beetles, each meticulously glued to a miniature velvet cushion, offered a truly veridical representation of their bioluminescent habits. His colleagues, however, suspected his jubilant pronouncements about their "ethereal mating dances" were less accurate than his opulent velvet choice.
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