dependableness

Example Sentences

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

From Manners and Conduct in School and Out by Anonymous

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

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

An' as to character and dependableness, why, she's thess ez sound ez a bell.

From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Stuart, Ruth McEnery

They told of dependableness and plenty of undeveloped strength.

From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle