trustworthyadj.

1658 E. Hyde Christ & his Church iii. 70 To say the Church hath falsified her trust in keeping Gods Word, is in effect to say, she is not trustworthy to interpret it.

1665 R. Moray Let. 16 Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 507 Curious persones may adde many more that they may have learnt by ocular inspection & experiment or by relation of trustworthy persones.

1714 D. Manley Adventures of Rivella 98 To shew his Lordship that Cleander and her self were Trustworthy..she brought Tim's only Brother, the next Heir in case Tim should have no Sons.

1765 J. Z. Holwell Interesting Hist. Events: Pt. 1 iii. 195 The command of the garrison in always bestowed on the most experienced and trustworthy officer.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux II. vi. iii. 161 Anselmo..was a trustworthy man.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 442 The most trustworthy comment on the text of the Gospels and Epistles is to be found in the practice of the primitive Christians.

1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xliii. 139 Whatever is set down in Fors for you is assuredly true,..—trustworthy to the uttermost,—however strange.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 313 Because he trusted them, they proved themselves trustworthy.

1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic iv. 93 Thought is..a more trustworthy source of knowledge than experience.

1965 Pop. Sci. Mar. 92/2 All patent attorneys and agents registered to practice..are expected to be reliable and trustworthy.

2000 J. Collins Lethal Seduction xxxv. 278 ‘You have my word,’ he promised. Yeah, well, David's word was about as trustworthy as a recovering sex addict at an orgy.

1827 W. Webb Minutes Remarks Subj. Picturesque II. v. 83 The half radicals..claim political power for the commonalty of France, as though it were trustworthily moral.

1849 R. Mallet in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) vii. 216 Evidence may be trustworthily collected of changes of depth of water.

1893 W. C. Wilkinson in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1247 The religion that can trustworthily offer to save.

1978 Rotarian Oct. 30/2 The Rome convention will be an impressive demonstration of..our readiness to care trustworthily for others.

2005 Public Choice 122 138 If the state acts trustworthily, taxpayers might be more willing to comply with the taxes.

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes i. 1 Begetting an opinion in their Superiours of such their ability and trustworthiness.

1808 Edinb. Rev. July 478 The cardinal virtue..of historic composition,—trustworthiness.

1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. vii. 115 Criticism is testing without fear or favour the trustworthiness of records of the past.

1977 Church Times 18 Feb. 6/3 They have nonetheless a paradigmatic trustworthiness, an incontestable inner truth.

2009 D. Horn All Other Nights vi. 76 We doubted your trustworthiness at first. But you are impressively reliable.