dependable
[ dih-pen-duh-buhl ]
Origin of dependable
1Other words for dependable
Other words from dependable
- de·pend·a·bil·i·ty [dih-pen-duh-bil-i-tee], /dɪˌpɛn dəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, de·pend·a·ble·ness, noun
- de·pend·a·bly, adverb
- in·ter·de·pend·a·ble, adjective
- non·de·pend·a·ble, adjective
- non·de·pend·a·ble·ness, noun
- non·de·pend·a·bly, adverb
- pre·de·pend·a·ble, adjective
- un·de·pend·a·ble, adjective
- un·de·pend·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·de·pend·a·bly, adverb
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How to use dependable in a sentence
Tree vigorous, dependably productive, hardy, late in coming into bearing.
The Pears of New York | U. P. HedrickDependably Verbeena was to be suspected of having something other than sawdust under those clubbed curls of hers!
The Shriek | Charles SomervilleNot Sarah mixing the baking in the crock, but Sarah dependably mixing the baking in the crock.
Emmy Lou's Road to Grace | George Madden Martin
British Dictionary definitions for dependable
dependable
/ (dɪˈpɛndəbəl) /
adjective
able to be depended on; reliable; trustworthy
Derived forms of dependable
- dependability or dependableness, noun
- dependably, adverb
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