RELIABLE

reliable

Noun

  1. Something or someone reliable or dependable
    the old reliables

Adjective

  1. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
    A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
    The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
    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. --.
  2. Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't


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