reliableness

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It has been said of Sheridan that, had he possessed reliableness of character, he might have ruled the world; whereas, for want of it, his splendid gifts were comparatively useless.

From Character by Smiles, Samuel

The question of the reliableness of these superscriptions is hotly debated.

From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

Great, very great may be the probability, still it is less in reliableness than a physical certainty.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob

Thus reliableness becomes a passport to the general esteem and confidence of mankind.

From Character by Smiles, Samuel

Surely that strange inversion of the apparent importance of the two things speaks for the historical reliableness of the narrative.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander