Antonyms for fastness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fast-nis, fahst-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæst nɪs, ˈfɑst-

slowness

Definition of fastness

Origin : "a place not easily forced, a stronghold," late Old English fæstnes, from fast (adj.) in its older sense of "firm, fixed in place" + -ness.

noun swiftness

Example sentences :

His spirit retired far into its fastness, taking with it all his energies.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Hardened men with a hardened code, they lived in their fastness like Ishmaelites.
Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman

He advised a retreat for the night, and an attack on Walter when he should have left the fastness.
Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker

What is meant by the expression “fastness of color of two fabrics”?
Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

I did not come to you and say, 'Let me beard the cook in her fastness.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 » by Various

The outlaws had chosen to take him to their fastness in the hills.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

It was their fastness, their fortress, and often their home.
Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.

Steaming turns the shade greener and darker, and increases the fastness.
Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech

It increases the fastness of the colours to washing and soaping.
Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech

The direct blues as a rule have a good degree of fastness to light.
Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech

Synonyms for fastness

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