trustfuladj.

1560 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Thyestes v. ii. sig. Dvi^v At lengthe a trustfull brest to brother geeue, what euer now it bee.

1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia iii. ii. 61 Use not these words: otherwise, you shall not have me so confident and trustfull in you.

1730 J. Paley Whole Duty Prayer i. 12 A trustful Confidence and Dependance on him [sc. God].

1780 Morning Chron. 14 Jan. The serpent is concealed under the most flowery heath when he stings the trustful passenger.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. iv. 52 They went in their trustful thoughts far down the stream of time.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xiv. 311 I am not of a trustful disposition.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia iii. iv. 287 Miss Lingard..is an absolutely trustful heart. She has not learned the hard lessons of life.

1963 Kenyon Rev. 25 104 This man, once suspicious and reserved, had learned the meaning of trustful affection.

2000 R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky tr. A. Chekhov Sel. Stories 75 Her face no longer has its former trustful expression. Her expression is cold now.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 20 His gyde was trustful Achates.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalms (1963) vii. i. 14 O Lord, my God, thou art my trustfull stay.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. i. 23 Polexander finished this promise, just as his trustfull Diceus..entered his Cabin.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 189 The same most trustful witness that tells us when the world began [etc.].

a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) II. ii. 66 Let us..resolve to render our Actions and Opinions perfectly consistent; that so our Religion may appear to be..a vital and trustful Principle of Holiness.

1745 T. Morell Hope 18 Mounted on thy [sc. God's] trustful Wing, I soar a Height no Pegasus can reach.

1872 A. Thomas Cent. Universalism vii. 167 The disciples and apostles were true men, making trustful narrative of what they saw and heard.

1915 T. A. Emmet Mem. T. Addis & R. Emmet II. xxxii. 332 England..would wisely follow Sweden's course toward Norway, whereby she would receive a trustful ally and a support for the future.

2012 E. Diehl Securing Digital Video iii. 54 Complete protection of the application under the assumption that the host is not trustful (malicious host) is impossible.