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

Example sentences :

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

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