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reliantly

reliantly

5.4
Shows trust in someone or something
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈlaɪəntli/
translation icon : confiadamente
  • He spoke reliantly of the mentor who had guided his career for years.
  • self-reliantly

Examples

  • Moreover, he realized at Walden Pond what the Epicureans discovered in their garden school outside Athens, Greece: that to live modestly and self-reliantly does indeed cause one to take pleasure in what lies within rather than in one's estate.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In this way, she answered Fuller's exhortations to women of the nineteenth century to break with oppressive societal norms, emboldening them to live self-reliantly.

    Academic text (2017)
  • She relied on her friends reliantly for support during difficult times.

  • The team worked reliantly together, trusting each other to meet deadlines.

Synonyms

trustingly
vsreliantly
1 2.8

In a way that shows you believe a person or thing will help you

emphasizes dependence as well as trust rather than only confidence
dependently
vsreliantly
1 3.9

In a way that relies on another person or thing

also shows trust or confidence rather than only reliance or control

Antonyms

121 2.9

Without help from other people

How Dependent

helplessly
33 2.7
reliantly
5.4
dependently
1 3.9
independently
121 2.9

Surface Forms

reliantly positive

Morphology

reliantly = reliant (semi-transparent) = rely + ant + ly

This is a regular adverb formation from the adjective 'reliant', and the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Reliantly comes from the verb rely, which goes back to the Latin root ligare meaning 'to bind' plus the prefix re- meaning 'back'. So to rely on someone is like being 'bound to' or depending on them, and reliantly means acting with that trust or dependence.