- a variation of dependability.
dependableness
Example Sentences
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It was like a breaking instinct of dependableness; and then he called up Dr. Bennington.
From Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer
A girl who because of her dependableness will be of great value in home, school and community is being made by the sane, wise sympathy of mother and teacher.
From The Girl and Her Religion by Margaret Slattery
A mighty comfortable soul she was, giving one the nice smooth mother-feeling a man likes in a woman, and yet giving also the clear intelligence and dependableness I used to assume to be masculine qualities.
From Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
They told of dependableness and plenty of undeveloped strength.
From The Shepherd of the North by Richard Aumerle Maher
Sharing in the responsibility of the home begets self-reliance and dependableness in later life.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Henry Kalloch Rowe
