reliableness
n . 可靠,信赖
可靠,信赖
reliableness n 1 :
the quality of being dependable or reliable [
synonym :
{
dependability }, {
dependableness }, {
reliability },
{
reliableness }] [
ant : {
undependability },
{
undependableness }, {
unreliability }, {
unreliableness }]
Reliable \
Re *
li "
a *
ble \ (
r ?-
l ?"?-
b '
l ),
a .
Suitable or fit to be relied on ;
worthy of dependance or reliance ;
trustworthy . "
A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles ." --
A .
Norton .
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1913 Webster ]
The best means ,
and most reliable pledge ,
of a higher object . --
Coleridge .
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1913 Webster ]
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 ." --
W .
Irving .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Some authors take exception to this word ,
maintaining that it is unnecessary ,
and irregular in formation .
It is ,
however ,
sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most convenient substitute for the phrase to be relied upon ,
and a useful synonym for trustworthy ,
which is by preference applied to persons ,
as reliable is to things ,
such as an account ,
statement ,
or the like .
The objection that adjectives derived from neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of laughable ,
worthy of being laughed at ,
from the neuter verb to laugh ;
available ,
fit or able to be availed of ,
from the neuter verb to avail ;
dispensable ,
capable of being dispensed with ,
from the neuter verb to dispense .
Other examples might be added .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Re *
li "
a *
ble *
ness },
n . --
{
Re *
li "
a *
bly },
adv .
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1913 Webster ]
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