Synonyms for trusty

Grammar : Adj

Spell : truhs-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌs ti

Définition of trusty

Origin : early 13c., "trusting," from trust (n.) + -y (2); meaning "reliable, to be counted on" is from early 14c. The noun meaning "a prisoner granted special privileges as reward for good conduct" is first attested 1855.

adj trustworthy

Example sentences :

And let our principal and most trusty friends named in my last know that I do.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

His trusty sword, in its steel scabbard, strikes clanking on the doorstep.
Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Throw me the loan of a trusty Bartly, for a cushion," said he.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

My father had a housekeeper, a trusty woman, he considered her.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Juve held out his hand—a firm, strong hand—the hand of a trusty man.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

He returned to the consulate to talk over the matter with the trusty Scanlons.
Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne

Here are my advisors; here my trusty, never-tiring assistants.
Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore

Trusty had never worn a harness in his life, or been fastened to anything.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

After the meeting at which the affair was arranged a trusty comrade did not leave me an inch.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

Bring me writing materials, and have a trusty messenger at my disposal.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Antonyms for trusty

untrustworthy

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