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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions reliable adjective (wikipedia, Reliability) suitable, Suitable or fit to be rely on, relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. Quotations A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. --A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. --Coleridge. 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. Of a communication protocol, in which a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't. <!-- This text is from 1913 Webster's (as well as all other quotations under this entry), and it appears quite outdated. "Reliable" has become a fully acceptable word since then. User: Hekaheka Etymology: (suffix, rely, able)      Full Definition of reliable  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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