trustiness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

We have felt in Mr. Root's words the vibration of the American soul in all its intensity, in all its eloquence, in all its power, in all its trustiness.

From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Bacon, Robert

"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

The very courage and trustiness of Fontenelle bore this stamp of discreet moderation.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert