reliable
/ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
adj
Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
noun
Something or someone reliable or dependable
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."
- "the old reliables"
Etymology
Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable From rely + -able.