trustiness
Example Sentences
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Wolsey had not time to answer before embarking, but as Sir Thomas had vouched for the messenger’s ability and trustiness, he had bidden Ambrose come into his barge, and receive his instructions.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
This, indeed, was the saddest feature in the whole matter—the total want of all gratitude, reliance, trustiness, or affection between a “witch” and her friends.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
—And in the Resurrectio Pilate rewards the gaoler for his trustiness with the Cornish manors of 'Fekenal, Carvenow and Merthyn,' and promises the soldiers by the Sepulchre 'the plain of Dansotha and Barrow Heath.'
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
"As I told you, sir," said my friend, "I will pledge myself for his trustiness and probity."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
Our womankind are prone to a sort of helpless intimacy with those who serve them; the ladies had an instinctive perception of Lemuel's trustiness, and readily gave him their confidence and much of their history.
From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean
