Synonyms for reliably


Grammar : Adv
Spell : ri-lahy-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlaɪ ə bəl


Définition of reliably

Origin :
  • 1560s, raliabill, Scottish; see rely + -able. Not common before 1850; and sometimes execrated thereafter in Britain as an Americanism because it involves a use of -able different from its use in provable, etc., but defended (by OED, Century Dictionary, etc.) on grounds of use of the suffix in available, laughable, etc.. Related: Reliably.
  • adv dependably
Example sentences :
  • I am reliably informed that there never was a bank in Granby.
  • Extract from : « Life and adventures of Frank and Jesse James » by J. A. Dacus
  • I assert that only that has been reliably seen which has been drawn.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • The application, therefore, can be valid only if the constancy of general conditions may be reliably assumed.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • Name and word recall more quickly, reliably, and energetically the objects they stand for than do the objects their symbols.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • I advise you to visit Ireland, sor, which I'm reliably informed is the centhral jewel in Europe's crown of beauty.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad » by Edith Van Dyne
  • I am reliably informed that every American, except we three, left the city some hours before it was captured.
  • Extract from : « The Broncho Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers » by Frank Fowler
  • Later she was reliably informed that she had appeared splendidly collected and regally happy.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
  • A goodly number of men before him had altered their humble plans for the same reason, I am reliably informed.
  • Extract from : « Truxton King » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • Not a statement within its pages was committed to paper until it was thoroughly and reliably avouched for.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 » by George Stewart
  • They don't amputate the lobes—supposed to be reliably identified—after carefully trepanning.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans

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