Crossword clues for relying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rely \Re*ly"\ (r?-l?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relied (-l?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relying.] [Pref. re- + lie to rest.] To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.
Go in thy native innocence; rely
On what thou hast of virtue.
--Milton.
On some fond breast the parting soul relies.
--Gray.
Syn: To trust; depend; confide; repose.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of rely English)
Usage examples of "relying".
If we could forgo the costs of a major invasion by relying on a revitalized containment program that we could be confident would last for many more years, there would be a strong case for doing so.
Saddam had been biding his time, relying on the strategy of eroding the sanctions that had been working for him since 1996 and avoiding anything but the low-level confrontations in the NFZs.
Like most T- is, she enjoyed manual work and kept her house without relying on the mechanicals which most households considered essential.
Like most T-1s, she enjoyed manual work and performed the daily housekeeping herself, without relying on mechan ical services most households considered necessities.
She was relying on her clawed feet and the heavy expanse of her wings with their clawed joints as weapons, keeping the delicate three-fingered manipulative extremity at the tips of her wings folded out of danger.
Central Worlds might be relying on a maternal instinct as additional insurance for the mission.
Now we're relying on grapevine communications within the shell-net for those like us who want to invest, for whatever reasons—and would rather not go through either their Counselors, their Supervisors, or their Advocates.
On single-crewed vessels the pilot would often use coldsleep, relying on the AI systems to handle the simple and tedious work of long interstellar transits.
And, as nearly as I can tell, he's relying less and less on the power.
Unfortunately the interface with the orbiting Yokohama could not be disconnected, relying as it did on a fixed beacon to the receiver on the Yoko.
He was so tired he did not even visualize where, much less when, relying on Mnementh's instinct to bring him safely home through time and space.
Try to topple Saddam's regime by relying on traditional covert action methods to create or empower forces inside Iraq, probably from within Saddam's inner circle, to move against him in a coup d'etat.
In addition, Qasim began relying heavily on the Iraqi Communists and increasingly regarded the nationalist and Pan-Arabist parties as enemies.
From day one, they urged an aggressive regime change strategy relying on the INC and U.
Deterrence means allowing the elements of containment mostly to lapse and instead relying on the threat of American military action to prevent Iraq from making mischief in the Persian Gulf region.