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Antonyms for fixedness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fikst |
Phonetic Transcription : fɪkst |
Definition of fixedness
Origin :- "position from which it is difficult to move," 1809, American English, from fix (v.). Meaning "dose of narcotic" is from 1934, shortened from fix-up (1867, originally in reference to liquor).
- As in firmness : noun stiffness
- As in firmness : noun resolution, resolve
- The cat looked at him with great round eyes that were diabolical in their fixedness.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- The great defect of both his constitutions is the fixedness which he seeks to impress upon them.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Save for the stain on his breast and the fixedness of his eyes, he might have been sleeping.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- And he had the mouth women put faith in for decision and fixedness.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- Japanese character is lacking in steadfastness and fixedness of purpose.
- Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery
- This gave assurance to the heart, and fixedness to all the thoughts.
- Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Leviticus » by C. H. Mackintosh
- The grooves of society are often narrow and rigid with the fixedness of centuries.
- Extract from : « A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. » by William Chauncey Bartlett
- His fixedness of purpose is shown by an anecdote of his boyhood.
- Extract from : « How to Appreciate Music » by Gustav Kobb
- He had no strength of will, no fixedness of purpose, no depth of conviction.
- Extract from : « Valeria » by William Henry Withrow
- Cyrus Spradling studied him with a keen, but not unkindly, fixedness of gaze.
- Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck
Synonyms for fixedness
- compactness
- constancy
- decidedness
- decision
- density
- determination
- durability
- fixedness
- fixity
- hardness
- impenetrability
- impermeability
- imperviousness
- impliability
- inelasticity
- inflexibility
- obduracy
- obstinacy
- purposefulness
- purposiveness
- resistance
- rigidity
- solidity
- staunchness
- steadfastness
- strength
- strictness
- temper
- tensile strength
- toughness
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