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dependable, a.|dɪˈpɛndəb(ə)l|
Also -ible.
[f. depend v. + -able.]
That may be depended on; trustworthy, reliable.
1735Pope Let. to Gay xxi. Wks. (1737) VI. 186 That desire was, to fix and preserve a few lasting, dependable friendships. 1840Herschel Ess. (1857) 92 Calculations, with more dependable data. 1842Murray's Handbk. N. Italy 91 Le Quattro Nazioni, good and reasonable, and kept by very dependable people. 1864Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. IV. 642 Flambard was thoroughly dependable. 1889Boyd Carpenter Permanent Elem. Relig. Introd. 30 We have dependable material on which to base our study.
Hence deˈpendableness; deˈpendably adv.
1860Pusey Min. Proph. 554 Alexander saw and impressed upon his successors the dependibleness of the Jewish people. 1862Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 111 The accounts I get of Mr. C. from himself, and (still more dependably) from my housemaid. 1874Miss Mulock My Mother & I xi, One of his characteristics was exceeding punctuality and dependableness. |