Meaning

1 senses
  1. Reliable or trustworthy.

    She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.

More definitions
  • worthy of trust or belief

Examples

3 sentences
  1. It is a fine thing, whoever has a trusty tongue.

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  2. She secured the edges of her crafts with her trusty adhesive tape.

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  3. Take this sacred red pencil and go forth on your trusty office chair.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.

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Forms

trustier, trustiest
Comparativetrustier Lesson
Superlativetrustiest Lesson

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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