Immovable
[ɪ'muːvəb(ə)l] or [ɪ'muvəbl]
Definition
(adj.) not able or intended to be moved; 'the immovable hills' .
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Definition
(a.) Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.
(a.) Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.
(a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
(a.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n.
(n.) That which can not be moved.
(n.) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fixed, firm, stable, not to be moved.[2]. Steadfast, unshaken, unalterable, unchangeable.[3]. (Law.) Real.
Editor: Megan
Definition
adj. steadfast: unalterable: that cannot be impressed or made to fall: (pl.) fixtures &c. not movable by a tenant.—ns. Immov′ableness Immovabil′ity.—adv. Immov′ably.
Edited by Cheryl
Examples
- But her grey hair was not more immovable in its two folds, than were her firm lips. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My aunt, looking very like an immovable Chancellor of the Exchequer, would occasionally throw in an interruption or two, as 'Hear! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The expression in the forehead, which had so particularly attracted his notice, and which was now immovable, had deepened into one of pain and horror. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It isn't the first time, by a good many hundreds, that I find myself treading on delicate ground, answered the other, as immovable as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her face was immovable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sergeant Cuff's immovable eyes never stirred from off her face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What power of cannon might it take to shake that rusty old man out of his immovable composure? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Larkins (a gruff old gentleman with a double chin, and one of his eyes immovable in his head) is fraught with interest to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Etiquette required that she should wait, immovable as an idol, while the men who wished to converse with her succeeded each other at her side. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I then advanced to within ten feet and shot again--the rabbit was still immovable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I'll show you a wrist, repeated Mr. Jaggers, with an immovable determination to show it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Feel for me, or despise me, I confess it with the same immovable resolution to own the truth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Once more he turned to me, with the immovable quiet in his face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She was just as immovable as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He remained immovable, with the lowering forehead she had grown to detest. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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