UNRELIABLY

unfaithfully, undependably, unreliably

(adverb) in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

unreliably (comparative more unreliably, superlative most unreliably)

In an unreliable manner.

Synonyms

• flakily

• intermittently

• sporadically

Antonyms

• reliably

Source: Wiktionary


UNRELIABLE

Un`re*li"a*ble, a.

Definition: Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.

– Un`re*li"a*ble*ness, n. Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) "unreliable;" or perhaps, in more correct English, too "unrelyuponable." De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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