Definition of Trustworthy

1. Adjective. Worthy of trust or belief. "An experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"


2. Adjective. Taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations. "Trustworthy public servants"
Similar to: Responsible
Derivative terms: Trustworthiness

Definition of Trustworthy

1. a. Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.

Definition of Trustworthy

1. Adjective. Deserving of trust, reliable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trustworthy

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trustworthy

trustiest
trustily
trustiness
trustinesses
trusting
trustingly
trustingness
trustingnesses
trustless
trustlessness
trustor
trustors
trusts
trustworthily
trustworthiness
trustworthy
trusty
truth
truth be told
truth disclosure
truth drug
truth function
truth functions
truth quark
truth quarks
truth serum
truth table
truth tables
truth value
truth values

Literary usage of Trustworthy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"To secure trustworthy and efficient public officials is partly a problem of political machinery. Some difficulties of public management, as regards the ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"They are the most trustworthy authorities that we have for the history of the period immediately succeeding the Conquest.—BALDWIN, JAMES, 1883, English ..."

3. The Bookman (1905)
"The draft is in the hands of my clerk, who is as trustworthy as any man can be. If you can't get the letter written in season for the 9 o'clock mail to New ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Galicia, Armenia, and elsewhere, may perhaps amount to some three millions and a half, though trustworthy statistics are difficult to obtain. ..."

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