dependability
noun
the quality of being able to be relied on; trustworthiness or constancy.
dependableness
-
a variation of
dependability.
- a word derived from dependable.
Example Sentences
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The more I depended on them the greater was their dependableness, and the little girls grew more tender, the boys more chivalrous.
From The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
It was like a breaking instinct of dependableness; and then he called up Dr. Bennington.
From Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer
An' as to character and dependableness, why, she's thess ez sound ez a bell.
From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Ruth McEnery Stuart
If any quality is most desirable, it is that of dependableness.
From Manners and Conduct in School and Out by Anonymous
Th' ain't no finer trait, in my opinion, in man or woman, than dependableness, an' that's another reason I take sech special delight in the little daughter, Mary Elizabeth.
From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Ruth McEnery Stuart
