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reliable

 
 
/rɪˈlaɪəbl/ adjective

Definition

able to be trusted or believed: a reliable car reliable information Andy's very reliable - if he says he'll do something, he'll do it. → Opposite unreliable
reliability
 
 
/rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪləti/ noun [U]
how reliable someone or something is: I'm not sure about the reliability of those statistics.
reliably adverb I am reliably informed that the concert has been cancelled.
(Definition of reliable adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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