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reliably

adv. manner
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɹiˈɫaɪəbɫi// UK //ɹɪlˈaɪəbli// re·li·ably

adv. in a way that you can trust or depend on. You use this to describe someone or something that always does what it is supposed to do.

adv. in a consistent and dependable manner. Indicates that an action or result can be trusted to occur as expected without failure.


SIMPLE

The old car still starts reliably every morning.

CONTEXTUAL

The local train service runs reliably, so most commuters do not feel the need to own a car.

COMPLEX

To ensure the experiment succeeds, the sensors must be calibrated to record data reliably even under extreme fluctuations in temperature and pressure.

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