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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  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.  --  {Re*li"a*ble*ness},  n.  -- 
  {Re*li"a*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reliable 
  adj  1:  worthy  of  reliance  or  trust;  "a  reliable  source  of 
  information";  "a  dependable  worker"  [syn:  {dependable}] 
  [ant:  {unreliable},  {unreliable}] 
  2:  worthy  of  being  depended  on  "a  dependable  worker";  "an 
  honest  working  stiff";  "a  reliable  source  of  information"; 
  "he  was  true  to  his  word";  "I  would  be  true  for  there  are 
  those  who  trust  me"  [syn:  {dependable},  {honest},  {true(p)}] 
  3:  conforming  to  fact  and  therefore  worthy  of  belief;  "an 
  authentic  account  by  an  eyewitness";  "reliable 
  information";  "a  faithful  source"  [syn:  {authentic},  {faithful}] 




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