Firmness
['fɜ:mnɪs] or ['fɝmnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being unyielding to the touch.
(noun.) the muscle tone of healthy tissue; 'his muscular firmness'.
Editor: Nat--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being firm.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Solidity, compactness, hardness.[2]. Stability, strength.[3]. Constancy, steadfastness, steadiness.
Checker: Sigmund
Unserious Contents or Definition
That admirable quality in ourselves that is detestable stubbornness in others.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- I fear I must,' said Bob, with heroic firmness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Thornton made a hasty step or two forwards; recovered himself, and went with quiet firmness to the door (which she had left open), and shut it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- No, sir, she replied with firmness, I shall NOT stay. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her father answered, with a cheerful firmness of conviction he could scarcely have assumed, Quite sure, my darling! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was a cool, brave man; he stood to the defence with unflinching firmness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was neither pleasure nor exultation in Cassy's eyes,--only a despairing firmness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Community of study and amusement developed the best parts of his character, his steady perseverance, generosity, and well-governed firmness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I belong to a family remarkable, I believe, for some firmness; and I am not the creature of circumstance or change. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A quiet firmness, and even cheerfulness, took possession of him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Again I rose; and, exerting all the firmness of which I was master, removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- His father used very harsh words, and Worcester's courage and firmness had consequently increased. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She might be firm, and must be; but only in bearing their firmness, and firmly believing there was no other firmness upon earth. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This was a dire blow to poor Elizabeth, who had relied with firmness upon Justine's innocence. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first-born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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