reliable

Definition

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy

Etymology

From rely + -able.

Example Sentences

• "a reliable witness to the truth of the miracles"
• "the best means, and the most reliable pledge, of a higher object"
• "According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs."

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