Word family noun reliability reliance adjective reliable ≠ unreliable reliant verb rely adverb reliably
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrelyre‧ly /rɪˈlaɪ/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL verb (relied, relying, relies) → rely on/upon somebody/something→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
rely• She needn't rely any more on Rico - or her brothers, she could be entirely independent.• Instead, they would rely on decentralized, uncontrolled life to sort itself out and come to some self-enhancing harmony.• Government ministers rely on the conclusions from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment prior to the field trials.• Don't rely on your Accounts Department to manage the cash-flow for you.• So don't rely on your memory.• If managers rely so heavily on verbal information, then that verbal information invariably arrives with an extra verbal overlay.• Woman-centred methods also tend to rely uncritically on the particular kinds of scientificity that therapeutic and humanist methods have developed.Origin rely (1300-1400) Old French relier, from Latin religare “to tie back” 