Meanings
adverbreliably (comparative more reliably, superlative most reliably)
comparative more reliably · superlative most reliably
- In a reliable manner.
Genuine cowards follow the wicked and cannot reliably sustain any virtue.
1 more example
Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.
2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Englishrely
- Englishreliable
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishreliably
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 可靠地
- 可靠地 (kěkào de)in a reliable manner
Czech spolehlivě
- spolehlivěin a reliable manner
Finnish luotettavasti
- luotettavastiin a reliable manner
French de manière fiable, fiablement
- de manière fiablein a reliable manner
- fiablementin a reliable manner
German zuverlässig, verlässlich
- zuverlässigin a reliable manner
- verlässlichin a reliable manner
Hungarian megbízhatóan
- megbízhatóanin a reliable manner
Italian attendibilmente, affidabilmente
- attendibilmentein a reliable manner
- affidabilmentein a reliable manner
- solidamentein a reliable manner
Japanese しっかり, 頼もしく
- しっかり (shikkari)in a reliable manner
- 頼もしく (tanomoshiku)in a reliable manner
Polish rzetelnie, wiarygodnie
- rzetelniein a reliable manner
- wiarygodniein a reliable manner
- solidniein a reliable manner
- pewniein a reliable manner
Russian надёжно
- надёжно (nadjóžno)in a reliable manner
Spanish fiablemente
- fiablementein a reliable manner
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
reliably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliably
MLA
“reliably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliably. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reliably,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliably.
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