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Definition of Trusting
1. Adjective. Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. "Great brown eye, true and trustful"
Also: Credulous
Similar to: Confiding, Unsuspecting, Unsuspicious
Antonyms: Distrustful
Derivative terms: Trustfulness, Trustingness
Definition of Trusting
1. a. Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.
Definition of Trusting
1. Verb. (present participle of trust) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trusting
1. trust [v] - See also: trust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trusting
Literary usage of Trusting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"I am not quite broken down yet," she said ; "I am worth trusting with my ...
Before I could answer, she added in a whisper, " And worth trusting with my ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1892)
"... assuring them of her daughter's being a very well- disposed, good-humoured
girl, and trusting they would never have cause to throw her off. ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"trusting tbat now you know our Mind and w'll. And whereas by sundry our Letten,
the contrary neglected and little set by: TRUSTY and Well-beloved, ..."
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