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# reliably

«reliably» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that can be trusted, every time, without failing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (reliably, more reliably, most reliably)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Reliably means in a way that can be trusted, every time, without failing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#m1)

2) Reliably informed means told by someone who can be trusted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science: a fair test should give results reliably — repeating it gives the same results. Everyday life: a bus that runs reliably comes on time. People: a friend who reliably keeps promises. Phrases: work reliably, reliably informed, repeat reliably.

### examples

- This old clock still works reliably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#x1)
- The experiment reliably gave the same result. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#x2)
- My dog reliably wakes me at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#x3)
- The bus runs reliably every ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#x4)
- I am reliably told the shop opens at nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#x5)
- She reliably does her homework on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/#x6)

### note

Adverb of «reliable» (drop e, add -y: reliabl-y). Noun: reliability. In science, «reliable» results are ones that repeat; that is not the same as «accurate» (close to the true value).

### In the corpora

- [A credit score is a rating of how reliably someone pays; missing payments lowers it and makes borrowing harder and dearer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reliably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.