Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a reliable manner; so as to be relied on.

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  • adverb In a reliable manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a faithful manner

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Examples

  • I'm as little "in the know" about publishing practices as the Saloon confesses itself to be, except that I do know what mainstream publishing actually makes available to readers, and what it does offer, what it pines to offer even more reliably, is for the most part utter, 100% pure, laboratory-tested garbage.

    Writing and Publishing 2010

  • Having the ability of making a rocket craft that can take off and land where you want autonomously and reliably is pretty awesome.

    Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch 2009

  • Dante Chinni, a correspondent for Patchwork Nation, told CNN that they have determined most of the Tea Party activists reside in reliably Republican districts, rural or agricultural areas, wealthy suburbs and what they call "military bastions" located near U.S. military bases.

    Counting Tea Party activists causes conflict 2010

  • So, as you can see, pulling those numbers reliably is a feat.

    Web Metrics are hard : #comments 2007

  • To prepare Fido to recall reliably off leash, practice all of the earlier exercises on a long leash until "coming" when called even with tempting distractions become his habit.

    Sophia Yin: Animal Behavior: Teaching Rover to Race to You on Cue 2010

  • To prepare Fido to recall reliably off leash, practice all of the earlier exercises on a long leash until "coming" when called even with tempting distractions become his habit.

    Sophia Yin: Animal Behavior: Teaching Rover to Race to You on Cue 2010

  • First of all, I am loving the phrase reliably optimistic.

    Yah beeeeeeeeautttttttyyyyyy!!!! Jeff 2007

  • And as the vast majority of oncologists will affirm, it is devilishly difficult -- if not impossible by definition -- to pin down that designation reliably in a prospective fashion.

    "End of Life" Care Costs: A Logical Fallacy 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • And as the vast majority of oncologists will affirm, it is devilishly difficult -- if not impossible by definition -- to pin down that designation reliably in a prospective fashion.

    Archive 2008-04-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • A few nagging issues persist; the information that is put in the notes field of such online library catalog references doesn't appear to transfer, or at least not reliably, which is a problem since this is where original publication data of reprints and translated works usually resides.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Leigh 2008

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