Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Warranting trust; reliable. synonym: reliable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty; reliable; that may be relied on.
- Synonyms Faithful, honest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Deserving of
trust ,reliable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations
- adjective worthy of trust or belief
Etymologies
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Examples
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Analogously, it may be true that we possess dedicated mechanisms for ˜reading™ faces as trustworthy or threatening, and often make split-second judgments on this basis; but this doesn't preclude our ability to revise such judgments, as when we reflect on the behavior of someone with ˜trustworthy facial features™ and realize that he is actually a scoundrel.
Morality and Evolutionary Biology FitzPatrick, William 2008
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I'd say not being honest and trustworthy is a fair assessment for Dodd.
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He has been a bit tentative lately but has consistantly been trustworthy from the start.
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To argue semantics again, though, I don't think trustworthy is the same as, uh, right.
This is why I don't have a blogroll. Or friends. Roger Sutton 2007
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The company owners and executives who knows SEO as it is the most valuable key of digital marketing intend to establish long-term trustworthy business relationships with SEO consulting companies.
[Help] Most Recent Posts hazarumuta 2010
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According to Mau, it has to appeal to women, fit current home-decor trends and look "trustworthy" -- hence no boxes depicting scenes from, say,
SmartMoney.com 2009
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Now there’s a new contest, which though seemingly more respectable and trustworthy, is [...]
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Now there’s a new contest, which though seemingly more respectable and trustworthy, is still gaining a few raised eyebrows: The First Chapters Writing Competition, sponsored by Borders and Gather. com.
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Someone who understands what it is to be honest and trustworthy, that is who I want my daughter to look up to.
Campaigning in Kentucky, Clinton hears sermon on infidelity 2008
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Emotional abusers often seem to be charismatic and trustworthy, that is until one gets to really know them.
SaraKay Smullens: The Balloon Hoax and Emotional Abuse Awareness 2009
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