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dependable

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1. dependable - Noun

2. dependable - Adjective

3. dependable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth. Orson Scott Card

The success of our popular government rests wholly upon the correct interpretation of the deliberate, intelligent, dependable popular will of America. Warren G. Harding

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years. Grace Napolitano

I am certain that there are two things in life which are dependable -- the delights of the flesh and the delights of literature. I have had the good fortune to bring them together and enjoy them together in full quantity. Peter Greenaway

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. Octavia Butler

Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed. John Updike

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