dependableness

Example Sentences

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Th' ain't no finer trait, in my opinion, in man or woman, than dependableness, an' that's another reason I take sech special delight in the little daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Stuart, Ruth McEnery

If any quality is most desirable, it is that of dependableness.

From Manners and Conduct in School and Out by Anonymous

It was like a breaking instinct of dependableness; and then he called up Dr. Bennington.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

This is the time when those who teach her may help her to see the value of promptness, absolute accuracy, and dependableness.

From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret

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 Gilman, Charlotte Perkins