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adjective worthy of reliance or trust
adjective worthy of being depended on
adjective conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
originEtymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable From rely + -able.
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