dependableness

Example Sentences

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These qualities must be sought for in performers of roles—obedience, dependableness, mobility, patience, endurance.

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence

They told of dependableness and plenty of undeveloped strength.

From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle

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

Oh, she is rigid New England," Mrs. Tully insisted, "the solidest of creatures as to honor and rectitude, dependableness and faithfulness.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack

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