adv
Meaning 1
In a reliable manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Genuine cowards follow the wicked and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reliably
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a faithful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it always came on, faithfully, like the radio
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faithfully, dependably
Antonyms: unreliably
History
Etymology
Etymology 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 Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English reliably From reliable + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 可靠地 (kěkào de) — in a reliable manner
- Czech: spolehlivě — in a reliable manner
- Finnish: luotettavasti — in a reliable manner
- French: de manière fiable — in a reliable manner
- French: fiablement — in a reliable manner
- German: zuverlässig — in a reliable manner
- German: verlässlich — in a reliable manner
- Hungarian: megbízhatóan — in a reliable manner
- Italian: attendibilmente — in a reliable manner
- Italian: affidabilmente — in a reliable manner
- Italian: solidamente — in a reliable manner
- Japanese: しっかり (shikkari) — in a reliable manner
- Japanese: 頼もしく (tanomoshiku) — in a reliable manner
- Polish: rzetelnie — in a reliable manner
- Polish: wiarygodnie — in a reliable manner
- Polish: solidnie — in a reliable manner
- Polish: pewnie — in a reliable manner
- Russian: надёжно (nadjóžno) — in a reliable manner
- Serbo-Croatian: поуздано — in a reliable manner
- Serbo-Croatian: pouzdano — in a reliable manner
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